Payload
HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A)
OperationalPayloadLEO
HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A) is a National Remote Sensing Center (NRSCC) payload satellite, launched on September 6, 2008 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 6, 2008 at 03:25 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 2C/SMA →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Huan Jing 1A & 1B
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 631 km
- Periapsis
- 603 km
- Inclination
- 97.67°
- Orbital period
- 97.04 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- National Remote Sensing Center (NRSCC)
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)/DFH Satellite Co. Ltd.
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 510 kg
- Design lifetime
- 3 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2008-041A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33320
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 1.466 m²
- Status
- Operational