HJ-1A

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HJ-1A is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 33320

Int'l Code: 2008-041A

Perigee: 628.0 km

Apogee: 666.0 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7018 km

RCS: 1.4734 m² (large)

Launch date: September 6, 2008
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Expected to last more than three years, the satellites HJ-1A and HJ-1B are the first disaster monitoring spacecraft orbited by China. Optical and infrared cameras can provide global coverage every two days. The satellites will be used to guide recovery efforts after large-scale natural disasters.

1 33320U 08041A   16274.80099851  .00000277  00000-0  46734-4 0  9998
2 33320  97.9732 337.3801 0027055 139.3391 220.9844 14.76659705434508

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC