HEAD-1
Launch
Launched on Nov 14, 2017 from Launch Complex 9, China aboard a Long March 4C.
Long March 4C | Fengyun-3D →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:09 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 14, 2017
Mass
—
Apogee
807 km
Perigee
792 km
Inclination
98.95°
Period
1.68 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for HEAD-1 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
792 × 807 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 2017-072 (Long March 4C | Fengyun-3D).
- FENGYUN 3D · 43010
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