i-SpaceHyperbola-1Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Maiden Flight
Launched
July 25, 2019
Image: iSpace
Summary
Maiden Flight launched on an i-Space Hyperbola-1 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on July 25, 2019. It was i-Space's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,868th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Hyperbola-1 flight. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). It reached a 287 × 306 km orbit inclined 42.7°. One object from this launch is catalogued.
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- Vehicle
- Hyperbola-1 · i-Space
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Test Flight · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 1st Hyperbola-1 flighti-Space's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,868th orbital launch attempt48th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Bei Ligong 1 hao · NORAD 44443 · 2019-043 · Space-Track
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT C
- Object ID
- 2019-042C
- Epoch
- 2019-07-25 15:38:23 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.94522363 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0014142
- Inclination
- 42.7249°
- Ascending node
- 5.4767°
- Arg. of perigee
- 279.4871°
- Mean anomaly
- 194.9734°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
1 catalogued: 1 payload; none still in orbit
- Bei Ligong 1 hao · NORAD 44443 · re-entered August 6, 2019
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
This is the first flight of a small solid fuel rocket designed by iSpace, also known as Beijing Interstellar Glory Space Technology Ltd. It will carry several payloads for commercial customers to LEO.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
11th launch from Launch Area 95A, 3rd this year · 116th 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
119 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Maiden Flight launch?
Maiden Flight launched on July 25, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Maiden Flight?
Coverage: iSpace Hyperbola-1 launch (SQX-1 Y1). Watch the replay
What rocket launched Maiden Flight?
Hyperbola-1, flown by i-Space. Hyperbola-1 spec sheet
Where did Maiden Flight launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Maiden Flight reach?
It reached a 287 × 306 km orbit inclined 42.7°.
How many satellites did Maiden Flight launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).