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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 2CLaunch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Huanjing 1C
Launched
November 18, 2012
Summary
Huanjing 1C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2C from Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on November 18, 2012. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 117th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 5,257th orbital launch attempt. It was the 24th Long March 2C flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Huanjing Jianzai 1C, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 479 × 496 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 24th Long March 2C flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 117th launch16th this yearhumanity's 5,257th orbital launch attempt67th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Huanjing Jianzai 1C · NORAD 38997 · 2012-064 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2012-064A
- Epoch
- 2012-11-19 01:29:22 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.28450221 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012907
- Inclination
- 97.3518°
- Ascending node
- 328.4632°
- Arg. of perigee
- 43.1103°
- Mean anomaly
- 317.114°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- 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: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 4 components; none still in orbit
- Huanjing Jianzai 1C · NORAD 38997 · re-entered March 1, 2023
- Fengniao 1A · NORAD 38998 · re-entered January 11, 2024
- Xinyan-1 · NORAD 38999 · re-entered October 5, 2019
CZ-2C Y17 Stage 2 · re-entered June 27, 2016
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Huanjing 1C is a Chinese S-band synthetic-aperture radar satellite for environmental and disaster monitoring, launched with the Xinyan 1 and Fengniao 1 experimental microsatellites.
Pad
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
10th launch from Launch Complex 9, 5th this year · 44th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
80 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
35 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 Huanjing 1C launch?
Huanjing 1C launched on November 18, 2012. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Huanjing 1C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Huanjing 1C?
Long March 2C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 2C spec sheet
Where did Huanjing 1C launch from?
Launch Complex 9, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Huanjing 1C reach?
Huanjing Jianzai 1C, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 479 × 496 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Huanjing 1C launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).