HEAD-1

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10-day predictions

NORAD ID: 43011

Int'l Code: 2017-072B

Perigee: 800.7 km

Apogee: 813.5 km

Inclination: 98.9 °

Period: 100.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 7178 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 14, 2017
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

HEAD-1 is a privately-developed AIS maritime tracking receiver. The satellite, weighting 100 pounds (45-kilograms), is the first spacecraft owned by Beijing-headquartered HEAD Aerospace, which aims to deploy a constellation of 30 small satellites in the next few years.

1 43011U 17072B   24117.17623333  .00001078  00000-0  45710-3 0  9995
2 43011  98.9421 104.2962 0008895 262.5649  97.4520 14.27545090335726

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC