- Home
- Spacecraft
- Haiyang 2A
Haiyang 2A
Haiyang 2A was launched on August 15, 2011 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2011-043ANORAD 37781China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hai Yang 2-01
- Common name
- Haiyang 2A
- Payload designation
- Hai Yang 2 hao
- Other names
- HY-2
- International designator
- 2011-043A
- NORAD catalog number
- 37781
- GCAT identifier
- S37781
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/649
Mission
- Mission type
- Space science
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- HY-2
- Owner
- Yaogan zhongxin
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shanghai Inst. of Satellite Engineering (509 Res.Inst.)
- Platform (bus)
- CAST-968?
Launch
- Date
- August 15, 2011 · 22:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-043Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 905 km
- Apogee
- 916 km
- Inclination
- 99.36°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- August 2026
- End of operations
- November 2020
Size
- Mass
- 1,500 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,500 kg
- Length
- 1.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 4.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1569638 (CC0).