Key statistics
Satellite PAYLOAD B at a glance.
Uptime
4371
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: 97.722 minutes
Inclination: 98.0762 deg
SMA: 7027.836 km
Apoapsis: 653.113 km
Periapsis: 646.289 km
RAAN: 189.8521 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004855
Argument of periapsis: 144.0348 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.1188 deg
Mean motion: 14.73568591 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000796 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013016 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 1:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PAYLOAD B
TLE line 1: 1 39209U 13037B 25187.56427713 .00000796 00000-0 13016-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 39209 98.0762 189.8521 0004855 144.0348 216.1188 14.73568591641431
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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