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Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope
X-ray space observatory. Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope was launched on June 15, 2017 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2017-034ANORAD 42758China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Huiyan
- Common name
- Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope
- Payload designation
- HXMT
- Other names
- Insight-HXMT
- International designator
- 2017-034A
- NORAD catalog number
- 42758
- GCAT identifier
- S42758
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/856
Mission
- Mission type
- Astronomy
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- CAS
- Owner
- CNSA
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- ZY
Launch
- Date
- June 15, 2017 · 03:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-034Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LC603
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 536 km
- Apogee
- 545 km
- Inclination
- 43.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,900 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 10.0 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q3125220 (CC0).