HJ-1B Mission

Objectives and Applications

Disaster and environment monitoring and forecasting. Small satellite constellation.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Huan Jing-1B
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
06 Sep 2008
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2018
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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 #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

CCD (HJ) - CCD camera
IR (HJ-1B) - Infrared Camera

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereRadiation budget IR (HJ-1B)
LandAlbedo and reflectance CCD (HJ), IR (HJ-1B)
Multi-purpose imagery (land) CCD (HJ), IR (HJ-1B)

OpenSearch Datasets

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