Chongqing

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Description:

• Hongyan-1(?) is the first satellite of a constellation of more than 300 low-orbit satellites tasked with providing global communication services. The Hongyan constellation is being developed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC).
• Hongyan-1 will be placed on a 1,100-kilometer orbit to test L- and Ka-band communications technologies.
• The Hongyan constellation is composed of more than 320 satellites, along with data processing centers, and will be built in three stages. The orbital group will consist of 54 main satellites, accompanied by another 270 smaller satellites for coordination of the system.

Mission details:

• China′s SAST launched the first YZ-3 upper stage on a CZ-2D from Jiuquan on Dec 29, 2018.
• The CZ-2D puth the YZ-3 stage in a 190 km x 50 deg parking orbit. The first two YZ-3 burns reached a 515 x 525 km x 50.0 deg orbit; the Chongqing test satellite for the Hongyan LEO comms constellation was deployed together with the first three Yunhai-2 payloads.

External links:

• Liangjiang.com: Satellite Information
• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking