ExPaceKuaizhou 1ALaunch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
HEAD-2A, 2B & Tianyi-16, 17 & Tianqi-4A, 4B
Launched
December 7, 2019
Image: CASIC
Summary
HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B launched on an ExPace Kuaizhou 1A from Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on December 7, 2019. It was ExPace's 7th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,912th orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th Kuaizhou 1A flight and the 5th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). HEAD-2A, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 502 × 518 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Vehicle
- Kuaizhou 1A · ExPace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Dedicated Rideshare · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 7th Kuaizhou 1A flight · 5th this yearExPace's 7th launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,912th orbital launch attempt92nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
HEAD-2A · NORAD 44838 · 2019-087 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2019-087A
- Epoch
- 2019-12-07 11:50:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.20873954 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011726
- Inclination
- 97.3682°
- Ascending node
- 136.0312°
- Arg. of perigee
- 267.9035°
- Mean anomaly
- 175.7316°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
7 catalogued: 6 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- HEAD-2A · NORAD 44838 · re-entered November 1, 2023
- HEAD-2B · NORAD 44839 · re-entered February 16, 2024
- Tianyi-16 · NORAD 44840 · re-entered March 28, 2024
- Tianyi-17 · NORAD 44841 · re-entered December 31, 2022
- Tianqi Xingzuo 1-04 · NORAD 44842 · re-entered March 31, 2024
- Tianqi Xingzuo 1-05 · NORAD 44843 · re-entered August 2, 2024
KZ-1A Y12 Stage 4 · re-entered December 28, 2020
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
A six-satellite Kuaizhou-1A rideshare: two HEAD-2 ship- and aircraft-tracking data satellites for HEAD Aerospace, two Spacety Tianyi-16/17 technology microsatellites and two Tianqi-4 Internet-of-Things data-collection satellites for Guodian Gaoke.
Pad
Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
4th launch from Launch Complex 16, 2nd this year · 81st from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
16 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
24 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B launch?
HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B launched on December 7, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B?
Coverage: Two Kuaizhou-1A launches in one day. Watch the replay
What rocket launched HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B?
Kuaizhou 1A, flown by ExPace. Kuaizhou 1A spec sheet
Where did HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B launch from?
Launch Complex 16, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B reach?
HEAD-2A, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 502 × 518 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did HEAD-2A/2B, Tianyi-16/17 & Tianqi-4A/4B launch?
6 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).