China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 7/YZ-1A201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
Development Flight 1
Launched
June 25, 2016
Summary
Development Flight 1 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 7/YZ-1A from 201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China on June 25, 2016. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 176th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 5,571st orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 7/YZ-1A flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Aoxiang zhixing, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 296 × 384 km orbit inclined 40.8°. 13 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Long March 7/YZ-1A flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 176th launch8th this yearhumanity's 5,571st orbital launch attempt42nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Aoxiang zhixing · NORAD 41625 · 2016-042 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 13 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2016-042B
- Epoch
- 2016-06-25 16:27:20 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.79166782 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0065124
- Inclination
- 40.7951°
- Ascending node
- 49.4002°
- Arg. of perigee
- 175.7709°
- Mean anomaly
- 289.9412°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 3
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
13 catalogued: 5 payloads, 2 rocket stages, 1 debris, 5 components; none still in orbit
- Aoxiang zhixing · NORAD 41625 · re-entered September 29, 2016
- Pei zhong zhijia · NORAD 41627 · re-entered July 2, 2016
- Aolong 1 · NORAD 41629 · re-entered August 27, 2016
- Tiange feixingqi 1 · NORAD 41636 · re-entered August 27, 2016
- Tiange feixingqi 2 · NORAD 41637 · re-entered August 24, 2016
Yuanzheng-1A Y1 · deorbited June 27, 2016
CZ-7 Y1 Stage 2 · re-entered July 28, 2016
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Inaugural flight of the Long March 7 (LM-7 for export or CZ-7 within China) This mission will test the rocket itself and a smaller version of a future next generation manned capsule
Pad
201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
1st launch from 201, 1st this year · 1st from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
33 launches from this pad · 75 from Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Development Flight 1 launch?
Development Flight 1 launched on June 25, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Development Flight 1?
Coverage: Launch of Chinese Long March 7 inaugural flight from Hainan; Lift off of Long March 7 (CZ-7); 2016-06-25 Maiden Flight of Long March 7 from Wenchang Space Launch Center. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Development Flight 1?
Long March 7/YZ-1A, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 7/YZ-1A spec sheet
Where did Development Flight 1 launch from?
201, Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Development Flight 1 reach?
Aoxiang zhixing, one of 13 catalogued objects, reached a 296 × 384 km orbit inclined 40.8°.
How many satellites did Development Flight 1 launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).