Key statistics
Satellite HEAD-1 at a glance.
Uptime
2854
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for HEAD-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: HEAD-1
International designator: 2017-072B
Object number (NORAD): 43011
Object ID (CCSDS): 43011
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.803 minutes
Inclination: 98.9661 deg
SMA: 7174.801 km
Apoapsis: 803.054 km
Periapsis: 790.278 km
RAAN: 255.8457 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00089039
Argument of periapsis: 254.2906 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.7292 deg
Mean motion: 14.28525378 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000546 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002366712 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 12:30 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 HEAD-1
TLE line 1: 1 43011U 17072B 25250.02138608 .00000546 00000-0 23667-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 43011 98.9661 255.8457 0008904 254.2906 105.7292 14.28525378406927
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite HEAD-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Fengyun-3D (also known as FY-3D) is a polar orbiting meteorological satellite. It is tasked with ocean and ice monitoring, as well as studying atmospheric chemistry and space weather. The satellite is expected to operate for 5 years.
HEAD-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3D’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 14, 2017, 6:35 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Fengyun-3D
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 14, 2017, 6:35 p.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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