Payload
XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1)
Partially operationalPayloadLEO
XIWANG-1 (HOPE-1) is a DFH Satellite Co. Ltd./AMSAT-China payload satellite, launched on December 15, 2009 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 15, 2009 at 02:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan Weixing 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,204 km
- Periapsis
- 1,193 km
- Inclination
- 100.4°
- Orbital period
- 109.39 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- DFH Satellite Co. Ltd./AMSAT-China
- Manufacturer
- DFH Satellite Co. Ltd.
- Users
- Civil
- Launch mass
- 50 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-072B
- NORAD catalog №
- 36122
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Radar cross-section
- 0.3075 m²
- Status
- Partially operational
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