DFH-1

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DFH-1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 4382

Int'l Code: 1970-034A

Perigee: 435.4 km

Apogee: 2,046.1 km

Inclination: 68.4 °

Period: 110.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7611 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.

1 04382U 70034A   16272.07390138  .00000165  00000-0  37859-4 0  9998
2 04382  68.4254  43.4376 1057988 272.4605  75.5952 13.07301832181099

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC