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CBERS 1 (ZY 1A)

NORAD 25940 · Payload · In orbit since 1999

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Launched
1999-10-14 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator
CHBZ (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
1,540 kg
Size
1.8 × 2 m · 9 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
766 × 771 km
Inclination
98.8°
Period
100.1 min
Eccentricity
0.0004
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.