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HJ-2A

NORAD 46478 · Payload · In orbit since 2020

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Launched
2020-09-27 · Taiyuan, China
Country / operator
PRC (China)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
510 kg
Size
1.4 × 1 m · 4 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
637 × 644 km
Inclination
97.9°
Period
97.4 min
Eccentricity
0.0005
Orbit data
Live orbit: current tracking elements

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

Same launch

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