BX-1

BX-1 is no longer on orbit
BX-1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 33392

Int'l Code: 2008-047G

Launch date: September 25, 2008
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)
Decay date: 2009-10-29

Goals of the BX-1 (Companion Satellite) mission appear to be to take and transmit to earth relatively high-resolution photographs, and to maneuver the BX-1 satellite into an orbit around the Shenzhou Orbital Module as preparation for a docking exercise planned for the Shenzhou 8 mission.

1 33392U 08047G   09302.88340965  .09792317  89974-5  18445-3 0  9991
2 33392 042.3933 217.1053 0003128 227.2231 135.3820 16.47421252 63216

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC