ZY 1

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ZY 1 is classified as:

Earth resources
Geodetic

NORAD ID: 38038

Int'l Code: 2011-079A

Perigee: 775.5 km

Apogee: 787.3 km

Inclination: 98.7 °

Period: 100.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7152 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   19237.71227053 -.00000313  00000-0 -93283-4 0  9997
2 38038  98.7362 282.7096 0008252  68.4665 291.7457 14.35253425402202

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC