Key statistics
Satellite DUMMY MASS 2 at a glance.
Uptime
10171
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.3
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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: 96.856 minutes
Inclination: 86.3365 deg
SMA: 6986.234 km
Apoapsis: 615.003 km
Periapsis: 601.194 km
RAAN: 128.0779 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009883
Argument of periapsis: 90.2668 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.969 deg
Mean motion: 14.86750578 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000034 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000034995 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, 8:37 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 DUMMY MASS 2
TLE line 1: 1 24926U 97048B 25187.35958563 .00000340 00000-0 34995-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 24926 86.3365 128.0779 0009883 90.2668 269.9690 14.86750578507755
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite 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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