Key statistics
Satellite CZ-2D DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4918
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-2D DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-2D DEB
International designator: 2011-068F
Object number (NORAD): 38178
Object ID (CCSDS): 38178
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.131 minutes
Inclination: 98.7541 deg
SMA: 7142.844 km
Apoapsis: 851.416 km
Periapsis: 678.003 km
RAAN: 144.2456 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0121389
Argument of periapsis: 181.2713 deg
Mean anomaly: 301.0175 deg
Mean motion: 14.38122846 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001546 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048303 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-2D DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38178U 11068F 25127.87277957 .00001546 00000-0 48303-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 38178 98.7541 144.2456 0121389 181.2713 301.0175 14.38122846699826
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-2D DEB.
Associated space launch
CZ-2D DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Shiyan Weixing 4 & Chuang Xin 1C’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 20, 2011, 12:15 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | Shiyan Weixing 4 & Chuang Xin 1C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 20, 2011, 12:15 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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