HONGYAN 1 (CHONGQING)

NORAD 43914· COSPAR 2018-112F· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Dec 29, 2018 from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), China aboard a Long March 2D/YZ-3.

Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Hongyan-1 & Yunhai-2 Group 01 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 09:09 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 29, 2018

Mass

—

Apogee

1,108 km

Perigee

1,098 km

Inclination

50.01°

Period

1.79 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for HONGYAN 1 (CHONGQING) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

1098 × 1108 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

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2018-112 (Long March 2D/YZ-3 | Hongyan-1 & Yunhai-2 Group 01).

YUNHAI-2 01A · 43909
YUNHAI-2 01B · 43910
YUNHAI-2 01C · 43911
YUNHAI-2 01D · 43912
YUNHAI-2 01E · 43913
YUNHAI-2 01F · 43915

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