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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 2CLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
CFOSAT
Launched
October 29, 2018 · 00:43 UTC
Summary
CFOSAT launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2C from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on October 29, 2018 at 00:43 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 236th launch, 29th this year and humanity's 5,791st orbital launch attempt. It was the 37th Long March 2C flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Zhongfa Haiyang Weixing, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 517 × 531 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 7 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 37th Long March 2C flight · 4th this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 236th launch29th this yearhumanity's 5,791st orbital launch attempt85th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Zhongfa Haiyang Weixing · NORAD 43662 · 2018-083 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-083A
- Epoch
- 2018-10-29 08:43:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.16372135 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0009541
- Inclination
- 97.5297°
- Ascending node
- 323.2452°
- Arg. of perigee
- 269.135°
- Mean anomaly
- 231.6822°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 5
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
8 catalogued: 7 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Zhongfa Haiyang Weixing · NORAD 43662 · in orbit
- Zhaojin-1 · NORAD 43663 · re-entered September 20, 2024
- CubeBel-1 · NORAD 43666 · re-entered March 15, 2024
- Changsha gaoxin · NORAD 43669 · re-entered May 10, 2024
- Xiaoxiang-1 02 xing · re-entered February 23, 2025
- Xinghe · re-entered January 6, 2025
- Tianqi Xingzuo 1-01 · re-entered August 29, 2024
CZ-2C Y22 Stage 2 · re-entered February 5, 2019
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
CFOSAT (China-France Oceanography SATellite) is a joint mission of the Chinese (CNSA) and French (CNES) space agencies with the goal to monitor the ocean surface winds and waves and to provide information on related ocean and atmospheric science and applications. The primary objective of CFOSAT is to monitor on a global scale the wind and waves at the ocean surface.
Pad
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
59th launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 8th this year · 109th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Oct 29, 8:43 AM GMT+8, in daylight
138 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
19 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did CFOSAT launch?
CFOSAT launched on October 29, 2018 at 00:43 UTC.
Where can I watch CFOSAT?
Coverage: Long March-2C launches CFOSat (China-France Oceanography Satellite); Lancement du satellite CFOSAT le 29/10/2018. Watch the replay
What rocket launched CFOSAT?
Long March 2C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 2C spec sheet
Where did CFOSAT launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Oct 29, 8:43 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did CFOSAT reach?
Zhongfa Haiyang Weixing, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 517 × 531 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did CFOSAT launch?
7 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).