China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 11Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Zhuhai-1-02
Launched
April 26, 2018
Summary
Zhuhai-1-02 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 April 26, 2018. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 219th launch, 12th this year and humanity's 5,746th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Long March 11 flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Qingkeda 1, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 502 × 519 km orbit inclined 97.4°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, 5 of them payloads.
- Watch
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Earth Science · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 4th Long March 11 flight · 2nd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 219th launch12th this yearhumanity's 5,746th orbital launch attempt40th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Qingkeda 1 · NORAD 43439 · 2018-040 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2018-039A
- Epoch
- 2018-04-26 07:37:33 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.20754247 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0012514
- Inclination
- 97.3967°
- Ascending node
- 199.2547°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.969°
- Mean anomaly
- 149.5996°
- 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: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 5 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Qingkeda 1 · NORAD 43439 · re-entered November 14, 2024
- OVS-2 · NORAD 43440 · in orbit
- OHS-1 02 xing · NORAD 43441 · in orbit
- Guiyang-1 · NORAD 43442 · re-entered October 2, 2024
- OHS-1 04 xing · NORAD 43443 · re-entered November 5, 2024
CZ-11 Y4 Stage 4 · re-entered April 29, 2018
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Multiple satellite mission consisting of five Earth-imaging satellites, which comprise the second group of commercial imaging satellites for Zhuhai Orbita Control Engineering Ltd.
Pad

Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
5th launch from Launch Area 95A, 2nd this year · 103rd 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
97 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 Zhuhai-1-02 launch?
Zhuhai-1-02 launched on April 26, 2018. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Zhuhai-1-02?
Coverage: China Launches Five Zhuhai-1 Remote Sensing Satellites; Long March-11 launches five Zhuhai-1 satellites (长征十一号 / 珠海一号); China launches five satellites by Long March-11 carrier rocket. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Zhuhai-1-02?
Long March 11, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 11 spec sheet
Where did Zhuhai-1-02 launch from?
Launch Area 95A, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Zhuhai-1-02 reach?
Qingkeda 1, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 502 × 519 km orbit inclined 97.4°.
How many satellites did Zhuhai-1-02 launch?
5 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
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