HJ-1A Satellite Mission Summary

Disaster and environment monitoring and forecasting. Small satellite constellation.

Full Name

Huan Jing-1A

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

CRESDA , CAST

Launch Date

06 Sep 2008

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

31 Dec 2018

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

97.9 deg

Orbit Altitude

649 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

10:30

Repeat Cycle

31 days

NORAD Catalog #

33320 (TLE)

International Designator

2008-041A

CCD (HJ) - CCD camera

HSI (HJ-1A) - Hyper Spectrum Imager

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	HSI (HJ-1A)
	Radiation budget	HSI (HJ-1A)
Land	Albedo and reflectance	CCD (HJ), HSI (HJ-1A)
	Vegetation	HSI (HJ-1A)
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	CCD (HJ), HSI (HJ-1A)
Ocean	Ocean colour/biology	HSI (HJ-1A)
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	HSI (HJ-1A)
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	HSI (HJ-1A)
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	HSI (HJ-1A)

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