Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
6942
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: 95.747 minutes
Inclination: 97.6734 deg
SMA: 6932.83 km
Apoapsis: 579.359 km
Periapsis: 530.03 km
RAAN: 351.9046 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00355761
Argument of periapsis: 315.3379 deg
Mean anomaly: 44.4982 deg
Mean motion: 15.03962398 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004068 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029526666 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 25, 2025, 3:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 24, 2025, 9:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 29509U 06046E 25297.88678383 .00004068 00000-0 29527-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 29509 97.6734 351.9046 0035576 315.3379 44.4982 15.03962398 33102
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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