Key statistics
Satellite CZ-3B R/B at a glance.
Uptime
4512
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 3.8
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
26.5
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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: 382.429 minutes
Inclination: 26.4914 deg
SMA: 17452.627 km
Apoapsis: 21970.652 km
Periapsis: 178.332 km
RAAN: 284.9327 deg
Eccentricy: 0.62432777
Argument of periapsis: 238.4493 deg
Mean anomaly: 45.9796 deg
Mean motion: 3.76540379 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00092772 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017572951 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 4:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 6:18 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-3B R/B
TLE line 1: 1 39158U 13020B 25247.26251012 .00092772 26921-6 17573-2 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 39158 26.4914 284.9327 6243278 238.4493 45.9796 3.76540379115364
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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