HJ-2B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite HJ-2B at a glance.

Uptime

1906

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.8

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.9

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for HJ-2B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: HJ-2B

International designator: 2020-067B

Object number (NORAD): 46479

Object ID (CCSDS): 46479

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 97.526 minutes

Inclination: 97.9066 deg

SMA: 7018.45 km

Apoapsis: 641.066 km

Periapsis: 639.564 km

RAAN: 68.4108 deg

Eccentricy: 0.000107

Argument of periapsis: 88.2955 deg

Mean anomaly: 271.8377 deg

Mean motion: 14.76525512 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000644 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000099611788 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 16, 2025, 2:19 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 15, 2025, 11:01 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 HJ-2B

TLE line 1: 1 46479U 20067B 25349.95968262 .00000644 00000-0 99612-4 0 9990

TLE line 2: 2 46479 97.9066 68.4108 0001070 88.2955 271.8377 14.76525512281229

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In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Huanjing (abbreviated as HJ) is a constellation of environmental monitoring satellites. The HJ-2A and HJ-2B are 16-meter optical satellites which will provide 16-meter multispectral, 48-meter hyperspectral and infrared image data.

HJ-2B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Huanjing 2A, 2B’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2020, 3:23 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.

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Launch to space Long March 4B | Huanjing 2A, 2B
Long March 4B | Huanjing 2A, 2B

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 27, 2020, 3:23 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 4B

Launch pad: Launch Complex 9

Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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