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CHUANGXIN 1-04 (CX-1-04)
Chinese Technology Demonstrator / Data Relay · Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
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The fourth Chuangxin satellite, launched in 2014 as the technology demonstration series matured. CX-1-04 continued the store-and-forward sensor data relay mission while incorporating a decade's worth of lessons learned from its three predecessors. The Chuangxin program's low profile belies its importance — small technology-proving missions like this one form the unglamorous foundation underneath every headline-grabbing Chinese space achievement that followed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 484–503 mi (779–810 km)
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- One orbit
- 100.6 minutes14.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40137
- Int’l designator
- 2014-051B
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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