HAIYANG 1C

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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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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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