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Satellite · NORAD 33320 · COSPAR 2008-041A

HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A)

ActivePayloadLEOEarth observation derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation —
  • Country China

Altitude now

640.0km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.54km/s

Inclination

97.68°

Period

97.0 min

97.0 min

Perigee

604km

Apogee

629km

orbit freshOrbit updated 7 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:56 UTC (4.5 h old)· Metadata updated 7 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.

Ground track of HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A)HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A)
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Latitude
70.436° S
Longitude
113.454° W
Altitude
640.0 km
Velocity
7.538 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:56 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Earth observation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
1.5 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • HUANJING 1A (HJ-1A)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
06 Sept 2008
COSPAR launch id
2008-041
Launch site
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 25

All objects from launch 2008-041 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → CNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → PRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 7 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 13 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 01:01 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All 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
33320
COSPAR / international designator
2008-041A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWVN8HVCRKVKG2Q7P2R
Canonical slug
huanjing-1a-hj-1a-33320

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.