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i-SpaceHyperbola-1Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Dummy Payload
Launched
April 7, 2023
Summary
Dummy Payload launched on an i-Space Hyperbola-1 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on April 7, 2023. It was i-Space's 5th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,424th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Hyperbola-1 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 302 × 511 km orbit inclined 97.3°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Hyperbola-1 · i-Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 5th Hyperbola-1 flight · 1st this yeari-Space's 5th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,424th orbital launch attempt56th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Lianyungang · NORAD 56172 · 2023-051 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2023-051A
- Epoch
- 2023-04-07 14:59:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.55897167 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0153976
- Inclination
- 97.3367°
- Ascending node
- 170.6788°
- Arg. of perigee
- 350.3183°
- Mean anomaly
- 171.5186°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 7
- 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
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Lianyungang · NORAD 56172 · re-entered October 29, 2023
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Test launch of Hyperbola-1 to test reliability after 3 successive failures in 2021-22.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
39th launch from Launch Area 95A, 4th this year · 191st from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
68 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
15 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success.
Show 6 earlier updates
April 7 launch date confirmed per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/6/2023 · source
Reverting back to April TBD due to no update to NOTAMs and rumors of another delay.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/4/2023 · source
NET April 5 per NOTAMs.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/2/2023 · source
Launch apparently delayed with related NOTAMs cancelled and reported by insiders.
Cosmic_Penguin · 4/1/2023 · source
Tweaked T-0.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/27/2023 · source
Added launch per NOTAMs; Payload and launch vehicle identities very uncertain.
Cosmic_Penguin · 3/26/2023 · source
Questions
When did Dummy Payload launch?
Dummy Payload launched on April 7, 2023. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Dummy Payload?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Dummy Payload?
Hyperbola-1, flown by i-Space. Hyperbola-1 spec sheet
Where did Dummy Payload launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Dummy Payload reach?
It reached a 302 × 511 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did Dummy Payload launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).