HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A)
Launch
Launched on Sep 6, 2008 from Launch Complex 7, China aboard a Long March 2C/SMA.
Long March 2C/SMA | Huan Jing 1A & 1B →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 05:50 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 6, 2008
Mass
—
Apogee
633 km
Perigee
608 km
Inclination
97.68°
Period
1.62 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.7 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
608 × 633 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2008-041 (Long March 2C/SMA | Huan Jing 1A & 1B).
- HUANJING 1B (HJ-1B) · 33321
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