BUFENG 1A
Launch
Launched on Jun 5, 2019 from Yellow Sea (launch location 1), China aboard a Long March 11.
Long March 11 | Jilin-1 & others →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 21:00 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Jun 5, 2019
Mass
—
Apogee
490 km
Perigee
474 km
Inclination
44.97°
Period
1.57 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for BUFENG 1A across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-3.5 km
Rate
-0.06 km/day
Now
474 × 490 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
4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2019-032 (Long March 11 | Jilin-1 & others).
- BUFENG 1B · 44311
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3A · 44312
- TIANQI-3 · 44314
- WT 1B · 44316
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