Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12886
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-4 DEB
International designator: 1990-081AR
Object number (NORAD): 20881
Object ID (CCSDS): 20881
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.62 minutes
Inclination: 98.4756 deg
SMA: 7118.529 km
Apoapsis: 791.368 km
Periapsis: 689.421 km
RAAN: 352.4813 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00716067
Argument of periapsis: 118.7521 deg
Mean anomaly: 242.0888 deg
Mean motion: 14.45497505 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005442 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015073822 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 13, 2025, 5:47 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 7 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20881U 90081AR 25347.29217180 .00005442 00000-0 15074-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 20881 98.4756 352.4813 0071607 118.7521 242.0888 14.45497505825317
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object CZ-4 DEB.
Associated space launch
Chinese polar orbiting meteorological satellite
CZ-4 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4A | Feng Yun 1B’, on board a Long March 4A space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 3, 1990, 12:53 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 4A | Feng Yun 1B
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 3, 1990, 12:53 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4A
Launch pad: Launch Complex 7
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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