PAYLOAD B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

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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Associated 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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Launch to space Long March 4C | Shijian 15, Shiyan 7 & ChuangXin 3
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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