Key statistics
Satellite SHIJIAN 6 03A (SJ-6 03A) at a glance.
Uptime
6100
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SHIJIAN 6 03A (SJ-6 03A).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SHIJIAN 6 03A (SJ-6 03A)
International designator: 2008-053A
Object number (NORAD): 33408
Object ID (CCSDS): 33408
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.222 minutes
Inclination: 97.8716 deg
SMA: 6907.447 km
Apoapsis: 539.18 km
Periapsis: 519.444 km
RAAN: 205.7606 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0014286
Argument of periapsis: 111.325 deg
Mean anomaly: 248.9506 deg
Mean motion: 15.12259794 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003923 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023037 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 7, 2025, 11:16 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIJIAN 6 03A (SJ-6 03A)
TLE line 1: 1 33408U 08053A 25188.89700268 .00003923 00000-0 23037-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 33408 97.8716 205.7606 0014286 111.3250 248.9506 15.12259794911075
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SHIJIAN 6 03A (SJ-6 03A).
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 03A (SJ-6 03A) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6E & 6F’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 25, 2008, 1:15 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4B | Shi Jian 6E & 6F
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 25, 2008, 1:15 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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