HJ-1C

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HJ-1C is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 38997

Int'l Code: 2012-064A

Perigee: 444.6 km

Apogee: 455.7 km

Inclination: 97.2 °

Period: 93.4 minutes

Semi major axis: 6821 km

RCS: 8.0814 m² (large)

Launch date: November 18, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

The Huanjing 1C satellite (HJ-1C) is fitted with a synthetic aperture radar instrument designed to peer through clouds and take images of Earth's surface day-and-night in all weather conditions. It joins two Huanjing satellites with optical imagers launched in 2008. The disaster-monitoring fleet provides data on floods, wildfires, drought, typhoons and landslides. Imagery from the Huanjing satellites are shared with other countries as part of an international framework for disaster response. Huanjing means environment in English.

1 38997U 12064A   19168.20376740  .00001422  00000-0  36388-4 0  9994
2 38997  97.1894 199.6576 0008170 255.9501 144.3813 15.41051162369369

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC