Huanjing-1C, Xinyan 1 & FN 1/1A

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

22:53:00

Sunday November 18, 2012

Mission Details

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Huanjing-1C

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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

Xinyan 1

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XY 1 (Xinyan-1 or NewTech-1) is a Chinese microsatellite to test new technologies in space.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

1 Payload

140 kilograms

Fengniao 1

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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

Fengniao 1A

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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

Rocket

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Long March 2C

Active Since 1982

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$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

Launch Site

LC-9

Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

16 days 20 hours

Stats

Long March 2C


35th

Mission

2nd

Mission of 2012

2012


67th

Orbital launch attempt