Key statistics
Satellite HAIYANG 1C at a glance.
Uptime
2495
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for HAIYANG 1C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: HAIYANG 1C
International designator: 2018-068A
Object number (NORAD): 43609
Object ID (CCSDS): 43609
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.41 minutes
Inclination: 98.5611 deg
SMA: 7156.151 km
Apoapsis: 786.113 km
Periapsis: 769.92 km
RAAN: 259.3639 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011314
Argument of periapsis: 45.1398 deg
Mean anomaly: 315.0704 deg
Mean motion: 14.34113367 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000083 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045306 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 HAIYANG 1C
TLE line 1: 1 43609U 18068A 25187.82419773 .00000083 00000-0 45306-4 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 43609 98.5611 259.3639 0011314 45.1398 315.0704 14.34113367357582
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Real-time ground track for satellite HAIYANG 1C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Haiyang is a series of Chinese marine remote sensing satellites. Haiyang 1C is the follow-up of the Haiyang 1A and 1B satellites. It is intended for ocean monitoring and will be providing data on the temperature and dynamics of coastal waters and global oceans in China.
HAIYANG 1C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C | Haiyang 1C’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 7, 2018, 3:15 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 2C | Haiyang 1C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 7, 2018, 3:15 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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