Key statistics
Satellite CZ-3B R/B at a glance.
Uptime
4452
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 3.7
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
26.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-3B R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-3B R/B
International designator: 2013-020B
Object number (NORAD): 39158
Object ID (CCSDS): 39158
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 392.129 minutes
Inclination: 26.559 deg
SMA: 17746.491 km
Apoapsis: 22548.637 km
Periapsis: 188.074 km
RAAN: 325.25 deg
Eccentricy: 0.6299996
Argument of periapsis: 170.8616 deg
Mean anomaly: 210.996 deg
Mean motion: 3.67226522 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00057333 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0015712 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 12:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-3B R/B
TLE line 1: 1 39158U 13020B 25189.52382774 .00057333 37452-6 15712-2 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 39158 26.5590 325.2500 6299996 170.8616 210.9960 3.67226522113211
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-3B R/B.
Associated space launch
CZ-3B R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3B/E | Zhongxing 11’, on board a Long March 3 space rocket.
The launch took place on May 1, 2013, 4:06 p.m. from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
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Long March 3B/E | Zhongxing 11
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 1, 2013, 4:06 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3
Launch pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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