Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4B R/B at a glance.
Uptime
8395
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4B R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-4B R/B
International designator: 2002-024C
Object number (NORAD): 27432
Object ID (CCSDS): 27432
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.804 minutes
Inclination: 98.9265 deg
SMA: 7222.224 km
Apoapsis: 880.539 km
Periapsis: 807.638 km
RAAN: 177.015 deg
Eccentricy: 0.005047
Argument of periapsis: 169.757 deg
Mean anomaly: 3.7581 deg
Mean motion: 14.14478511 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00005371 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 9:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4B R/B
TLE line 1: 1 27432U 02024C 25127.88195418 .00000060 00000-0 53710-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 27432 98.9265 177.0150 0050470 169.7570 3.7581 14.14478511186006
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4B R/B.
Associated space launch
HaiYang abbreviated HY, is a series of marine remote sensing satellites developed and operated by China since 2002. As of June 2020, six satellites were launched and two more are planned. Feng Yun 1D was a polar orbiting meteorological satellite.
CZ-4B R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Hai Yang 1 & Feng Yun 1D’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on May 15, 2002, 1:50 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 4B | Hai Yang 1 & Feng Yun 1D
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 15, 2002, 1:50 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Complex 7
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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