HAIYANG 1C

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite HAIYANG 1C at a glance.

Uptime

2555

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: 100.409 minutes

Inclination: 98.5556 deg

SMA: 7156.08 km

Apoapsis: 785.011 km

Periapsis: 770.879 km

RAAN: 318.2063 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00098745

Argument of periapsis: 218.49 deg

Mean anomaly: 141.5581 deg

Mean motion: 14.34134816 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.000003 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00012275225 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 6:25 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 HAIYANG 1C

TLE line 1: 1 43609U 18068A 25247.26739015 .00000300 00000-0 12275-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 43609 98.5556 318.2063 0009874 218.4900 141.5581 14.34134816366103

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Associated 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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Launch to space Long March 2C | Haiyang 1C
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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