Launch Details

Launched	5 September 2008
Flight ended	–
Status	Operational
Categories	Earth Resources Disaster Monitoring Active satellites
Launch site	Taiyuan Space Center, PRC
Owner	People's Republic of China
NORAD ID	33321
COSPAR ID	2008-041B
Alternative names	HJ-1B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	97.644°
Eccentricity	0.00350
RA ascending node	2.073 hr
Argument perigee	255.516°
Mean anomaly	104.218°
Orbital period	97.100 min
Epoch of osculation	05 Feb 2026, 12:18

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	602.5 km
Mean Altitude	627.0 km
Peak Altitude	651.5 km

Launched alongside

HUANJING 1A CZ-2C R/B CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB CZ-2C DEB