Key statistics
Satellite XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1) at a glance.
Uptime
5843
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1)
International designator: 2009-072B
Object number (NORAD): 36122
Object ID (CCSDS): 36122
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.387 minutes
Inclination: 100.3774 deg
SMA: 7576.516 km
Apoapsis: 1203.728 km
Periapsis: 1193.034 km
RAAN: 299.6755 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00070572
Argument of periapsis: 300.6656 deg
Mean anomaly: 59.3761 deg
Mean motion: 13.16431966 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000222 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.00046632178 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1)
TLE line 1: 1 36122U 09072B 25347.65363498 -.00000222 00000-0 -46632-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 36122 100.3774 299.6755 0007057 300.6656 59.3761 13.16431966768592
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Believed to be a surveillance satellite to track and locate naval ships.
XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 15, 2009, 2:31 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 15, 2009, 2:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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