BUFENG 1A

NORAD 44310· COSPAR 2019-032A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

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 2026-09-08 13:42 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 5, 2019

Mass

—

Apogee

492 km

Perigee

478 km

Inclination

44.97°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

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

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.8 km

Rate

-0.06 km/day

Now

478 × 492 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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