Key statistics
Satellite SJ-9B at a glance.
Uptime
4713
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
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-9B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SJ-9B
International designator: 2012-056B
Object number (NORAD): 38861
Object ID (CCSDS): 38861
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.669 minutes
Inclination: 97.5741 deg
SMA: 6977.241 km
Apoapsis: 611.329 km
Periapsis: 586.883 km
RAAN: 241.5787 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00175187
Argument of periapsis: 74.3192 deg
Mean anomaly: 285.9957 deg
Mean motion: 14.89625778 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000273 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029047069 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, 10:29 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SJ-9B
TLE line 1: 1 38861U 12056B 25251.43714142 .00002730 00000-0 29047-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 38861 97.5741 241.5787 0017519 74.3192 285.9957 14.89625778697750
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SJ-9B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
SJ-9B 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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