NORAD 43871
HONGYUN 1
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Position
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Speed
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From your location
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Sunlight
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 43871
- International designator
- 2018-108A
- Launch date
- Dec 21, 2018
- Launch site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
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- Range
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-11-01 22:34:23 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 107 minutes, on an orbit tilted 99.7° from the equator, between 1,041 and 1,070 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About HONGYUN 1
HONGYUN 1 is a satellite from China, launched on Dec 21, 2018 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China.
It circles Earth every 107 minutes (13.5 times a day), between 1,057 and 1,076 km up, on an orbit tilted 99.7° to the equator, so its path covers latitudes up to 80° north and south.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.
Hongyun 1 · communications satellite
Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).
Orbit height over the past year
Over the last 21 days its lowest point went from 1,058 km to 1,057 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.
From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.