Payload
CBERS 1 (ZY 1A)
activePayloadLEONORAD 25940
CBERS 1 (ZY 1A) is a China / Brazil payload satellite, launched on October 14, 1999 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- October 14, 1999 at 03:15 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Zi Yuan 1-1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 772 km
- Periapsis
- 765 km
- Inclination
- 98.85°
- Orbital period
- 100.21 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China / Brazil
- Launch mass
- 1,450 kg
- Dimensions
- 1.8 × 2 × 2 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1999-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 25940
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China / Brazil- Radar cross-section
- 3.2248 m²
- Status
- active
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