Key statistics
Satellite CZ-2C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4650
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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 CZ-2C DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-2C DEB
International designator: 2012-056D
Object number (NORAD): 38863
Object ID (CCSDS): 38863
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.238 minutes
Inclination: 97.5898 deg
SMA: 6908.22 km
Apoapsis: 538.412 km
Periapsis: 521.757 km
RAAN: 252.4808 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012054
Argument of periapsis: 171.6697 deg
Mean anomaly: 188.4736 deg
Mean motion: 15.12006155 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009182 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00053735 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-2C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38863U 12056D 25187.59200536 .00009182 00000-0 53735-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 38863 97.5898 252.4808 0012054 171.6697 188.4736 15.12006155690877
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-2C DEB.
Associated space launch
CZ-2C DEB 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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