Satellite · NORAD 43914 · COSPAR 2018-112F
HONGYAN 1 (CHONGQING)
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
1,089.9km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.31km/s
Inclination
50.01°
Period
107.2 min
107.2 min
Perigee
1,090km
Apogee
1,100km
orbit agingOrbit updated 16 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:20 UTC (22.2 h old)· Metadata updated 16 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 11.664° N
- Longitude
- 33.504° W
- Altitude
- 1089.9 km
- Velocity
- 7.312 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:20 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 29 Dec 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-112
- Launch site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 7
- YUNHAI-2 01A43909PayloadActive
- YUNHAI-2 01B43910PayloadActive
- YUNHAI-2 01C43911PayloadActive
- YUNHAI-2 01D43912PayloadActive
- YUNHAI-2 01E43913PayloadActive
- YUNHAI-2 01F43915PayloadActive
- CZ-2D R/B43916Rocket bodyDecayed
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → CN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → PRC | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 4 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 16 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 12 Sept 2026 07:07 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 43914
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-112F
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SX0V594GM8XW5ZB1SCD
- Canonical slug
- hongyan-1-chongqing-43914
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.