Key statistics
Satellite DUMMY MASS 2 at a glance.
Uptime
10282
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.3
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for DUMMY MASS 2.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: DUMMY MASS 2
International designator: 1997-048B
Object number (NORAD): 24926
Object ID (CCSDS): 24926
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.848 minutes
Inclination: 86.3319 deg
SMA: 6985.875 km
Apoapsis: 614.329 km
Periapsis: 601.151 km
RAAN: 76.4825 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00094318
Argument of periapsis: 63.2672 deg
Mean anomaly: 296.9517 deg
Mean motion: 14.8686502 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000726 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000078206426 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 26, 2025, 2:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 25, 2025, 9:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DUMMY MASS 2
TLE line 1: 1 24926U 97048B 25298.88110577 .00000726 00000-0 78206-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 24926 86.3319 76.4825 0009432 63.2672 296.9517 14.86865020524326
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite DUMMY MASS 2.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object DUMMY MASS 2.
Associated space launch
The Iridium-MFS payloads were mass models of the Iridium communications satellites. Two were launched to test the new CZ-2C (2) SD launch vehicle and the payload dispenser.
DUMMY MASS 2 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C/SD | Iridium MFS 1 & 2’, on board a Long March 2C/SD space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 1, 1997, 2 p.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 2C/SD | Iridium MFS 1 & 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 1, 1997, 2 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2C/SD
Launch pad: Launch Complex 7
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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