Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
6774
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 CZ-4 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-4 DEB
International designator: 2006-046E
Object number (NORAD): 29509
Object ID (CCSDS): 29509
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.815 minutes
Inclination: 97.6939 deg
SMA: 6936.094 km
Apoapsis: 584.734 km
Periapsis: 531.183 km
RAAN: 184.9346 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0038603
Argument of periapsis: 161.0175 deg
Mean anomaly: 199.2499 deg
Mean motion: 15.02900925 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003573 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00026665 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 4:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29509U 06046E 25129.69150296 .00003573 00000-0 26665-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 29509 97.6939 184.9346 0038603 161.0175 199.2499 15.02900925 7830
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4 DEB.
Associated 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.
CZ-4 DEB 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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