In orbitDebris

CZ-4B DEB

NORAD: 28438
COSPAR: 2002-024E

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Spacecraft

Owner: China Aerospace

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S28438, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2002-05-15
Rocket: Chang Zheng 4B
Flight: FY-1D/HY-1
Mission name: haiyang yihao A
Launch site: TYSC, LC7
Launched by: Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2002-024

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2002-024, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: PRC
Launch date: 2002-05-15
Period: 99.3 min
Inclination: 98.63°
Apogee: 736 km
Perigee: 714 km
Radar cross-section: 0.0024 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: FENGYUN 1D (NORAD 27431)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris7 in total, 7 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body1 in total, 1 still in orbit