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Hongyan 1
Communications satellite. Hongyan 1 was launched on December 29, 2018 aboard a Chang Zheng 2D/YZ-3 from Jiuquan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2018-112FNORAD 43914China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Chongqing
- Common name
- Hongyan 1
- Payload designation
- Hongyan-1
- International designator
- 2018-112F
- NORAD catalog number
- 43914
- GCAT identifier
- S43914
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/898
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Hongyan
- Owner
- Yidong Tongxin
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shenzhen Hangtian DongFangHong HIT Weixing YG
- Platform (bus)
- Hongyan
Launch
- Date
- December 29, 2018 · 08:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-112Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2D/YZ-3
- Spaceport
- Jiuquan · pad LC603
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 1,090 km
- Apogee
- 1,098 km
- Inclination
- 50.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2020
- End of operations
- May 2021
Size
- Mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.00 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q60847834 (CC0).