Key statistics
Satellite CZ-2C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
4758
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
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: 95.039 minutes
Inclination: 97.5761 deg
SMA: 6898.598 km
Apoapsis: 528.364 km
Periapsis: 512.562 km
RAAN: 1.2134 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00114532
Argument of periapsis: 157.1239 deg
Mean anomaly: 203.0505 deg
Mean motion: 15.15170393 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018643 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00099394948 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 24, 2025, 2:48 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 9:25 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-2C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38863U 12056D 25296.89265943 .00018643 00000-0 99395-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 38863 97.5761 1.2134 0011453 157.1239 203.0505 15.15170393707406
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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