BackForward Satellite: HJ-1C 

Satellite details
Acronym HJ-1C
Full name Huan Jing 1C
WIGOS Station Identifier ---
Satellite Description
  • 3rd flight unit of the HJ-1 programme.
  • Main mission: all-weather land observation.
  • Substantial contribution to disaster monitoring.
Mass at launch 890 kg Dry mass
Power 1100 W
Data access link http://218.247.138.119:7777/DSSPlatform/index.html
Data access information
  • Data distributed by CRESDA.
Orbit Sunsynchronous orbit Altitude 502 km
ECT 06:00 desc

 

Space agency CRESDA , CAST
Status Unclear
Details on Status
(as available)
Launch 18 Nov 2012 EOL 2023
Last update: 2022-12-10
Associated satellite programme and related satellites

Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational , blue tag : future

Satellite Payload

All known Instruments flying on HJ-1C

Acronym Full name
SAR-S Synthetic Aperture Radar (S-band)
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite frequencies for Earth Observation, data transfer and platform communications and control
Earth observation MW frequencies
Service Sensing mode Frequency (GHz) Bandwidth (MHz) Polarisation Comments
SAR-S active 2.7 GHz - 2.7 GHz 0 MHz - S-band SAR