Key statistics
Satellite SJ-9A at a glance.
Uptime
4713
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SJ-9A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SJ-9A
International designator: 2012-056A
Object number (NORAD): 38860
Object ID (CCSDS): 38860
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.995 minutes
Inclination: 97.6348 deg
SMA: 6992.96 km
Apoapsis: 634.166 km
Periapsis: 595.485 km
RAAN: 229.4636 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00276571
Argument of periapsis: 103.541 deg
Mean anomaly: 256.8889 deg
Mean motion: 14.84605803 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001408 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017172026 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 12:35 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SJ-9A
TLE line 1: 1 38860U 12056A 25251.52451327 .00001408 00000-0 17172-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 38860 97.6348 229.4636 0027657 103.5410 256.8889 14.84605803657785
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SJ-9A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
SJ-9A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 14, 2012, 3:25 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 14, 2012, 3:25 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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