Key statistics
Satellite PAYLOAD B at a glance.
Uptime
4530
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 B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PAYLOAD B
International designator: 2013-037B
Object number (NORAD): 39209
Object ID (CCSDS): 39209
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.686 minutes
Inclination: 98.0814 deg
SMA: 7026.107 km
Apoapsis: 651.273 km
Periapsis: 644.671 km
RAAN: 347.7957 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00046979
Argument of periapsis: 29.965 deg
Mean anomaly: 330.1827 deg
Mean motion: 14.74112572 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002162 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033576816 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 2:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PAYLOAD B
TLE line 1: 1 39209U 13037B 25346.09335923 .00002162 00000-0 33577-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 39209 98.0814 347.7957 0004698 29.9650 330.1827 14.74112572664784
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PAYLOAD B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
PAYLOAD B 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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