ZY 1

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ZY 1 is classified as:

Earth resources
Geodetic

NORAD ID: 38038

Int'l Code: 2011-079A

Perigee: 773.7 km

Apogee: 782.8 km

Inclination: 98.5 °

Period: 100.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7149 km

RCS: 4.46 m² (large)

Launch date: December 22, 2011
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

ZIYUAN 1-02C (ZY-1-02C) was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology and is the country's first high-resolution remote sensing satellite. Ziyuan 1-2C carries black-and-white and color cameras to provide officials with imagery for land resource surveys, disaster relief services, agriculture development, forestry, water conservation, environmental monitoring, city planning and other applications.

1 38038U 11079A   23091.88892678  .00000548  00000-0  20293-3 0  9997
2 38038  98.5494 159.7745 0006392 193.6480 166.4517 14.36185209590870

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC