Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
Kuaizhou 1
Kuaizhou 1 is reportedly a satellite for natural disaster monitoring. It will be used to monitor natural disasters and provide disaster-relief information for its user, the National Remote Sensing Center of China, a public institution under the Ministry of Science and Technology.
Likely the satellite is integrated with the upper stage of the launch vehicle, which is consistent with only one object detected in orbit. It demonstrated the capability for orbital manoeuvres by raising the initial orbit was 275 km × 293 km × 96.7° on 27 September to 299 km × 306 km. It made reboosts about every two weeks. Kuaizhou 1 last maneuvered on 10 July 2015. On 1 September 2015, the satellite reentered the earth's atmosphere.
Payloads: 1
Low Earth Orbit
Location
Site 95B, Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2013
55th orbital launch attempt
Kuaizhou 1
1st mission
1st mission of 2013
1st successful mission