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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 11Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

SECM-1 ( Pujiang-1, Tianwang 1A, Tianwang 1B, Tianwang 1C )

Launched

September 25, 2015

Launch Successful

Summary

Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 11 from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 25, 2015. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 157th launch, 8th this year and humanity's 5,496th orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Long March 11 flight. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Pujiang-1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 475 × 493 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.

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No webcast on record.
Booster
No booster details on record.
Mission
Test Flight · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
Milestone
1st Long March 11 flightChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 157th launch8th this yearhumanity's 5,496th orbital launch attempt54th orbital launch attempt this year

Flight preview

Orbit: as tracked

97.3°Inclination
475 × 493 kmPerigee × apogeefrom mean elements
94.1 minPeriodfrom mean elements
303.8°Ascending node
4039 d agoElement epoch2015-09-25 08:03 UTC · stale

Pujiang-1 · NORAD 40925 · 2015-051 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects

Show the numbers for orbit elements
Object
TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
Object ID
2015-051A
Epoch
2015-09-25 08:03:13 UTC
Mean motion
15.2948935 rev/day
Eccentricity
0.0013099
Inclination
97.3108°
Ascending node
303.8371°
Arg. of perigee
282.3731°
Mean anomaly
222.0827°
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

5 catalogued: 4 payloads, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit

  • Pujiang-1 · NORAD 40925 · re-entered March 8, 2024
  • NJFA-1 · NORAD 40926 · re-entered February 27, 2021
  • NJUST-2 · NORAD 40927 · re-entered March 31, 2021
  • Shangkeda-2 · NORAD 40928 · re-entered December 30, 2022

CZ-11 Y1 Stage 4 · re-entered October 2, 2015

Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org

About this launch

The maiden flight of China's solid-fuelled Long March 11 carried Pujiang-1, a Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology technology-demonstration satellite, and the three Tianwang-1 (TW-1) CubeSats from Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites.

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Map of Launch Area 95A

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

1st launch from Launch Area 95A, 1st this year · 79th 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

under an hour after the previous launch from this pad

Questions

When did Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C launch?

Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C launched on September 25, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.

Where can I watch Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C?

No webcast is on record for this launch.

What rocket launched Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C?

Long March 11, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 11 spec sheet

Where did Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C launch from?

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.

What orbit did Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C reach?

Pujiang-1, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 475 × 493 km orbit inclined 97.3°.

How many satellites did Pujiang-1 & Tianwang-1A/1B/1C launch?

4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, none of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).