DFH-1

10-day predictions
DFH-1 is classified as:

Experimental

NORAD ID: 4382

Int'l Code: 1970-034A

Perigee: 440.3 km

Apogee: 2,036.3 km

Inclination: 68.4 °

Period: 110.1 minutes

Semi major axis: 7609 km

RCS: 1.0076 m² (large)

Launch date: April 24, 1970
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

This DFH (Dong Fang Hong - Red is East) Chinese communications satellite contained a radio transmitter. It was the first Chinese experimental satellite launched by a LM-1 booster into a 441 x 2286 km orbit inclined at 68.4 deg. from a launch facility near Lop Nor. The primary satellite mission was to broadcast the song "Dong Fang Hong", paying tribute to Chairman Mao, and to announce the time. The satellite was spherically shaped with a one meter diameter. It ceased transmitting in June 1970. This was the first satellite launched by China on its own booster, making China the fifth nation to put a spacecraft into orbit using its own rocket.

1  4382U 70034A   20274.94487527  .00000072  00000-0  23823-4 0  9993
2  4382  68.4242 329.1404 1048712  47.4338 321.0524 13.07941524372487

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC