HJ-1C Mission

Objectives and Applications

Disaster and environment monitoring and forecasting. Small satellite constellation.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Huan Jing-1C
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
19 Nov 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Mar 2023
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
97.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
499 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
6:00
Repeat Cycle
31 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

S-Band SAR - S-Band Synthetic Aperture Radar

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance S-Band SAR
Landscape topography S-Band SAR
Multi-purpose imagery (land) S-Band SAR
OceanOcean topography/currents S-Band SAR

OpenSearch Datasets

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