Key statistics
Satellite PAYLOAD C 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 C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: PAYLOAD C
International designator: 2013-037C
Object number (NORAD): 39210
Object ID (CCSDS): 39210
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.882 minutes
Inclination: 98.101 deg
SMA: 7035.505 km
Apoapsis: 662.22 km
Periapsis: 652.52 km
RAAN: 345.1481 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00068933
Argument of periapsis: 33.7565 deg
Mean anomaly: 326.4079 deg
Mean motion: 14.7115984 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001389 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00023367837 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, 6:48 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 PAYLOAD C
TLE line 1: 1 39210U 13037C 25346.28333984 .00001389 00000-0 23368-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 39210 98.1010 345.1481 0006893 33.7565 326.4079 14.71159840666848
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite PAYLOAD C.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
PAYLOAD C 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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