Key statistics
Satellite PAYLOAD A at a glance.
Uptime
4484
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for PAYLOAD A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PAYLOAD A
International designator: 2013-037A
Object number (NORAD): 39208
Object ID (CCSDS): 39208
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.835 minutes
Inclination: 98.0857 deg
SMA: 7033.271 km
Apoapsis: 660.902 km
Periapsis: 649.37 km
RAAN: 299.4163 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00081978
Argument of periapsis: 160.8447 deg
Mean anomaly: 199.307 deg
Mean motion: 14.71860845 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000109 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018222559 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 27, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 26, 2025, 9:34 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PAYLOAD A
TLE line 1: 1 39208U 13037A 25299.89870596 .00001090 00000-0 18223-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 39208 98.0857 299.4163 0008198 160.8447 199.3070 14.71860845657888
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PAYLOAD A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
PAYLOAD A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Shijian 15, Shiyan 7 & ChuangXin 3’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on July 19, 2013, 11:37 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Shijian 15, Shiyan 7 & ChuangXin 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 19, 2013, 11:37 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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