ExPaceKuaizhou 1ALaunch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Multiple payloads
Launched
January 9, 2017
Image: CASIC
Summary
Multiple payloads launched on an ExPace Kuaizhou 1A from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on January 9, 2017. It was ExPace's 1st launch, 1st this year and humanity's 5,617th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Kuaizhou 1A flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Xingyun Shiyan-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 538 × 553 km orbit inclined 97.5°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Kuaizhou-1A launchMatee Ong
- Vehicle
- Kuaizhou 1A · ExPace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 1st Kuaizhou 1A flightExPace's 1st launch1st this yearhumanity's 5,617th orbital launch attempt2nd orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Xingyun Shiyan-1 · NORAD 41913 · 2017-002 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2017-002A
- Epoch
- 2017-01-09 10:33:55 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.09189067 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0010903
- Inclination
- 97.5412°
- Ascending node
- 86.5816°
- Arg. of perigee
- 270.7385°
- Mean anomaly
- 218.632°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 4
- 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
4 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Xingyun Shiyan-1 · NORAD 41913 · re-entered May 15, 2024
- Jilin-1 Lingye-1 · NORAD 41914 · in orbit
- Kaidun-1 · NORAD 41915 · re-entered November 3, 2025
KZ-1A Y1 Stage 4 · re-entered July 17, 2017
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Lingqiao (or known as Jilin 1) is a small remote sensing satellite designed to capture videos with a ground resolution of 1.3 m. This is a third satellite of the Lingqiao series.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
3rd launch from Launch Area 95A, 1st this year · 92nd 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
60 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Multiple payloads launch?
Multiple payloads launched on January 9, 2017. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Multiple payloads?
Coverage: Kuaizhou-1A launch. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Multiple payloads?
Kuaizhou 1A, flown by ExPace. Kuaizhou 1A spec sheet
Where did Multiple payloads launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Multiple payloads reach?
Xingyun Shiyan-1, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 538 × 553 km orbit inclined 97.5°.
How many satellites did Multiple payloads launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).