ExPaceKuaizhou 1ALaunch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Tianxing-1
Launched
June 22, 2022
Image: CASIC
Summary
Tianxing-1 launched on an ExPace Kuaizhou 1A from Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on June 22, 2022. It was ExPace's 15th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 6,251st orbital launch attempt. It was the 15th Kuaizhou 1A flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Tianxing-1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 282 × 299 km orbit inclined 96.8°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Kuaizhou 1A · ExPace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Technology · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 15th Kuaizhou 1A flight · 1st this yearExPace's 15th launch1st this yearhumanity's 6,251st orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tianxing-1 · NORAD 52901 · 2022-066 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2022-066A
- Epoch
- 2022-06-22 04:45:42 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.96792379 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.001241
- Inclination
- 96.7591°
- Ascending node
- 217.7349°
- Arg. of perigee
- 277.9623°
- Mean anomaly
- 115.0533°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Tianxing-1 · NORAD 52901 · re-entered March 29, 2023
KZ-1A Y23 Stage 4 · re-entered June 23, 2022
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Satellite reported as for "spatial environment measurement" purposes. Actual usage TBD.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
31st launch from Launch Area 95A, 3rd this year · 167th 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
39 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Updates
Launch success
Questions
When did Tianxing-1 launch?
Tianxing-1 launched on June 22, 2022. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Tianxing-1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Tianxing-1?
Kuaizhou 1A, flown by ExPace. Kuaizhou 1A spec sheet
Where did Tianxing-1 launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Tianxing-1 reach?
Tianxing-1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 282 × 299 km orbit inclined 96.8°.
How many satellites did Tianxing-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).