Key statistics
Satellite SHIJIAN 6 02B (SJ-6 02B) at a glance.
Uptime
6893
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.7
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SHIJIAN 6 02B (SJ-6 02B).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SHIJIAN 6 02B (SJ-6 02B)
International designator: 2006-046B
Object number (NORAD): 29506
Object ID (CCSDS): 29506
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.992 minutes
Inclination: 97.7061 deg
SMA: 6944.643 km
Apoapsis: 571.86 km
Periapsis: 561.157 km
RAAN: 275.6481 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00077059
Argument of periapsis: 289.2467 deg
Mean anomaly: 70.7923 deg
Mean motion: 15.00126317 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001461 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012184367 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 11:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIJIAN 6 02B (SJ-6 02B)
TLE line 1: 1 29506U 06046B 25248.97985537 .00001461 00000-0 12184-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 29506 97.7061 275.6481 0007706 289.2467 70.7923 15.00126317 28111
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SHIJIAN 6 02B (SJ-6 02B).
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
It was announced that the two satellites had a design life of at least two years, and would be used to probe the space environment, radiation and its effects, record space physical environment parameters, and conduct other related space experiments.
SHIJIAN 6 02B (SJ-6 02B) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6C & 6D’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 23, 2006, 11:34 p.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6C & 6D
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 23, 2006, 11:34 p.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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