Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12789
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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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: 1990-081CF
Object number (NORAD): 20973
Object ID (CCSDS): 20973
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.379 minutes
Inclination: 98.1952 deg
SMA: 7059.301 km
Apoapsis: 706.541 km
Periapsis: 655.79 km
RAAN: 302.0603 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00359463
Argument of periapsis: 357.5522 deg
Mean anomaly: 58.684 deg
Mean motion: 14.63727534 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008165 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015610338 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 8:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20973U 90081CF 25249.87290470 .00008165 00000-0 15610-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 20973 98.1952 302.0603 0035946 357.5522 58.6840 14.63727534829043
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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