China Aerospace Science and Industry CorporationKuaizhouLaunch Area 95B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Kuaizhou-1
Launched
September 25, 2013
Image: CASIC
Summary
Kuaizhou-1 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation Kuaizhou from Launch Area 95B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 25, 2013. It was China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,323rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Kuaizhou flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). It reached a 283 × 301 km orbit inclined 96.7°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kuaizhou · China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Kuaizhou flightChina Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,323rd orbital launch attempt55th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kuaizhou-1 · NORAD 39262 · 2013-053 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-053A
- Epoch
- 2013-09-25 10:07:02 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96357129 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013311
- Inclination
- 96.6556°
- Ascending node
- 349.3953°
- Arg. of perigee
- 279.6545°
- Mean anomaly
- 80.178°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- 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
- Kuaizhou-1 · NORAD 39262 · re-entered September 1, 2015
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Kuaizhou-1 was a small quick-response Earth-imaging satellite for natural-disaster monitoring, operated by China's National Remote Sensing Center, and the payload of the maiden flight of the solid-fuelled Kuaizhou launcher.
Pad
Launch Area 95B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
1st launch from Launch Area 95B, 1st this year · 67th from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
2 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
under an hour after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Kuaizhou-1 launch?
Kuaizhou-1 launched on September 25, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Kuaizhou-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Kuaizhou-1?
Kuaizhou, flown by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation. Kuaizhou spec sheet
Where did Kuaizhou-1 launch from?
Launch Area 95B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Kuaizhou-1 reach?
It reached a 283 × 301 km orbit inclined 96.7°.
How many satellites did Kuaizhou-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).