Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
6894
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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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: 2006-046L
Object number (NORAD): 35378
Object ID (CCSDS): 35378
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.711 minutes
Inclination: 97.8424 deg
SMA: 6931.065 km
Apoapsis: 606.565 km
Periapsis: 499.294 km
RAAN: 334.3552 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00773844
Argument of periapsis: 138.9743 deg
Mean anomaly: 221.7339 deg
Mean motion: 15.04536888 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00041645 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0027710687 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 10:23 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 4:16 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 35378U 06046L 25249.17810825 .00041645 00000-0 27711-2 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 35378 97.8424 334.3552 0077384 138.9743 221.7339 15.04536888997696
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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