HJ-1B

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HJ-1B is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 33321

Int'l Code: 2008-041B

Perigee: 620.3 km

Apogee: 669.9 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7016 km

RCS: 1.3835 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 33321U 08041B   20304.39350560  .00000169  00000-0  30654-4 0  9993
2 33321  97.7798 354.0514 0035377  24.1089 336.1772 14.77274573654520

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC