DFH-1

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DFH-1 is classified as:

• Experimental

NORAD ID: 4382
Int'l Code: 1970-034A
Perigee: 437.9 km
Apogee: 2,042.0 km
Inclination: 68.4 °
Period: 110.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 7610 km
RCS: 1.0076 m² (large)
Launch date: April 24, 1970
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

This DFH (Dong Fang Hong - Red is East) Chinese communications satellite contained a radio transmitter. It was the first Chinese experimental satellite launched by a LM-1 booster into a 441 x 2286 km orbit inclined at 68.4 deg. from a launch facility near Lop Nor. The primary satellite mission was to broadcast the song "Dong Fang Hong", paying tribute to Chairman Mao, and to announce the time. The satellite was spherically shaped with a one meter diameter. It ceased transmitting in June 1970. This was the first satellite launched by China on its own booster, making China the fifth nation to put a spacecraft into orbit using its own rocket.

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1  4382U 70034A   17207.26253667 +.00000384 +00000-0 +69556-4 0  9995
2  4382 068.4212 155.8283 1053786 003.8194 357.0138 13.07506071220460

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC