Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
12726
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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: 1990-081CG
Object number (NORAD): 20974
Object ID (CCSDS): 20974
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.47 minutes
Inclination: 98.5458 deg
SMA: 7158.96 km
Apoapsis: 789.875 km
Periapsis: 771.774 km
RAAN: 185.0525 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012642
Argument of periapsis: 285.5341 deg
Mean anomaly: 228.5207 deg
Mean motion: 14.33269631 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001137 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00042861 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 11:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 20974U 90081CG 25187.46423437 .00001137 00000-0 42861-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 20974 98.5458 185.0525 0012642 285.5341 228.5207 14.33269631800206
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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