HJ-1B

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HJ-1B is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 33321

Int'l Code: 2008-041B

Perigee: 610.1 km

Apogee: 662.6 km

Inclination: 97.6 °

Period: 97.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7007 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   24117.18165865  .00002560  00000-0  34085-3 0  9996
2 33321  97.6287 131.3113 0037420 224.2107 135.6114 14.80035326842681

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC