HJ-1B

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HJ-1B is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 33321

Int'l Code: 2008-041B

Perigee: 620.8 km

Apogee: 668.3 km

Inclination: 97.7 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7015 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   21290.52055849  .00000329  00000-0  52784-4 0  9991
2 33321  97.7303 332.6412 0033845 321.6613  38.2196 14.77439576706510

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC