HEAD-3A

NORAD 57626· COSPAR 2023-121A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Aug 14, 2023 from Mobile Launcher Pad, China aboard a Kuaizhou 1A.

Kuaizhou 1A | HEAD-3A/B/C/D/E →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:17 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 14, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

705 km

Perigee

694 km

Inclination

45.00°

Period

1.64 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for HEAD-3A 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

694 × 705 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 2023-121 (Kuaizhou 1A | HEAD-3A/B/C/D/E).

HEAD-3B · 57627
HEAD-3C · 57628
HEAD-3D · 57629
HEAD-3E · 57630

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