Key statistics
Satellite ZY 1 at a glance.
Uptime
5004
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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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: 100.15 minutes
Inclination: 98.4465 deg
SMA: 7143.748 km
Apoapsis: 771.092 km
Periapsis: 760.134 km
RAAN: 313.817 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000767
Argument of periapsis: 88.3234 deg
Mean anomaly: 34.6269 deg
Mean motion: 14.3784996 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000929 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032223644 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:21 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 12:08 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 ZY 1
TLE line 1: 1 38038U 11079A 25246.00622892 .00000929 00000-0 32224-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 38038 98.4465 313.8170 0007670 88.3234 34.6269 14.37849960717939
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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