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CBERS-1
First cooperative remote sensing satellite between China and Brazil. CBERS-1 was launched on October 14, 1999 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-057ANORAD 25940China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Zi Yuan 1-01
- Common name
- CBERS-1
- Payload designation
- ZY-1 01
- Other names
- CBERS 1
- International designator
- 1999-057A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25940
- GCAT identifier
- S25940
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/365
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- ZY1
- Owner
- CAST
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- ZY
Launch
- Date
- October 14, 1999 · 03:15 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-057Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC7
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 773 km
- Apogee
- 774 km
- Inclination
- 98.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Aug 13, 2003
- End of operations
- Aug 13, 2003
Size
- Mass
- 1,540 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,450 kg
- Length
- 1.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 9.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q15292930 (CC0).