HJ-1B

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HJ-1B is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 33321

Int'l Code: 2008-041B

Perigee: 621.4 km

Apogee: 669.5 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   19236.08432973  .00000077  00000-0  18031-4 0  9993
2 33321  97.8403 294.5330 0034254 346.7557  13.2757 14.77152033590558

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC