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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 11Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others.
Launched
November 9, 2016
Summary
Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. 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 November 9, 2016. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 185th launch, 17th this year and humanity's 5,597th orbital launch attempt. It was the 2nd Long March 11 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Maichong Xing Shiyan Weixing, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 501 × 520 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 8 objects from this launch are catalogued, 6 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 2nd Long March 11 flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 185th launch17th this yearhumanity's 5,597th orbital launch attempt68th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Maichong Xing Shiyan Weixing · NORAD 41841 · 2016-066 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2016-066A
- Epoch
- 2016-11-10 04:06:34 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.20911762 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0013702
- Inclination
- 97.4017°
- Ascending node
- 319.7459°
- Arg. of perigee
- 279.853°
- Mean anomaly
- 132.6718°
- 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
8 catalogued: 6 payloads, 2 components; 2 still in orbit
- Maichong Xing Shiyan Weixing · NORAD 41841 · re-entered June 11, 2025
- Xiaoxiang-1 · NORAD 41842 · re-entered August 26, 2024
- Pina-2 01 · NORAD 41843 · re-entered May 25, 2023
- Pina-2 02 · NORAD 41844 · re-entered November 10, 2023
- Lishui 1-01 · NORAD 41845 · re-entered April 19, 2023
- KS-1Q · NORAD 41847 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
XPNAV-1 (X-Ray Pulsar Navigation) is the first ever satellite to test the technology of spacecraft navigation by using signals from X-ray pulsars. It is launched along with the Xiaoxiang 1 cubsat and several other small satellites.
Pad
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
2nd launch from Launch Area 95A, 1st this year · 89th 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
411 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 Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. launch?
Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. launched on November 9, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others.?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others.?
Long March 11, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 11 spec sheet
Where did Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. reach?
Maichong Xing Shiyan Weixing, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 501 × 520 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Xiaoxiang-1, XPNAV-1 & 3 others. launch?
6 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).