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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:53:00
Sunday November 18, 2012
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Chinese Earth observation satellite. The Huanjing series are satellites for disaster and environmental monitoring ("huanjing" is Chinese for "environment"). The satellites will be capable of visible, infrared, multi-spectral, and synthetic aperture radar imaging.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
XY 1 (Xinyan-1 or NewTech-1) is a Chinese microsatellite to test new technologies in space.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
140 kilograms
The mission of the FN (Fengniao, HummerSat) spacecraft is to demonstrate new minisat technologies for formation flying. The HummerSat-1 mission consists of a minisatellite, called FN-1 or HummerSat-1 with a launch mass of about 160 kg, as the principal spacecraft of the formation. In addition to the minisatellite HummerSat-1, there is a microsatellite, called FN-1A (or HummerSat-1A) with a mass of about 30 kg. FN-1A will be mounted on FN-1 at launch and will be deployed in orbit to form a two-spacecraft formation with the mother spacecraft. Both spacecraft are in contact with a crosslink for information exchange and the enactment of required orbit maneuvers. However, all ground communications with the formation are only via the mother spacecraft. The goal of the FN-1 mission is to: Demonstrate the newly developed CAST-mini bus and CAST-micro bus designs in space, in particular, to validate their functional capabilities and technologies introduced Demonstrate the capability of close formation flying technologies such as relative navigation, guidance and control, inter-satellite crosslink, and command. It is unclear if the FN 1A (HummerSat 1A) subsatellite was ever deployed.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
160 kilograms
The mission of the FN (Fengniao, HummerSat) spacecraft is to demonstrate new minisat technologies for formation flying. The HummerSat-1 mission consists of a minisatellite, called FN-1 or HummerSat-1 with a launch mass of about 160 kg, as the principal spacecraft of the formation. In addition to the minisatellite HummerSat-1, there is a microsatellite, called FN-1A (or HummerSat-1A) with a mass of about 30 kg. FN-1A will be mounted on FN-1 at launch and will be deployed in orbit to form a two-spacecraft formation with the mother spacecraft. Both spacecraft are in contact with a crosslink for information exchange and the enactment of required orbit maneuvers. However, all ground communications with the formation is only via the mother spacecraft. The goal of the FN-1 mission is to: Demonstrate the newly developed CAST-mini bus and CAST-micro bus designs in space, in particular, to validate their functional capabilities and technologies introduced Demonstrate the capability of close formation flying technologies such as relative navigation, guidance and control, inter-satellite crosslink, and command. It is unclear if the FN 1A (HummerSat 1A) subsatellite was ever deployed.
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
1 Payload
30 kilograms
Agency
CASCPrice
$30.80 million
Rocket
Height: 42m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 2,850 kg
GTO: 1,000 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,962 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 3.35m
Height: 8.37m
Stages
2
35th
Mission
2nd
Mission of 2012
67th
Orbital launch attempt