Key statistics
Satellite ZY 1 at a glance.
Uptime
4946
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for ZY 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: ZY 1
International designator: 2011-079A
Object number (NORAD): 38038
Object ID (CCSDS): 38038
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.154 minutes
Inclination: 98.4524 deg
SMA: 7143.939 km
Apoapsis: 769.548 km
Periapsis: 762.059 km
RAAN: 256.6782 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005242
Argument of periapsis: 257.2694 deg
Mean anomaly: 213.8109 deg
Mean motion: 14.37792424 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000315 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00011888 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ZY 1
TLE line 1: 1 38038U 11079A 25187.89630058 .00000315 00000-0 11888-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 38038 98.4524 256.6782 0005242 257.2694 213.8109 14.37792424709632
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite ZY 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
ZY 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Zi Yuan 1-02C’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 22, 2011, 3:26 a.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 4B | Zi Yuan 1-02C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 22, 2011, 3:26 a.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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