Key statistics
Satellite SJ-16 at a glance.
Uptime
4432
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
75.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SJ-16.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SJ-16
International designator: 2013-057A
Object number (NORAD): 39358
Object ID (CCSDS): 39358
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.516 minutes
Inclination: 74.9737 deg
SMA: 6969.895 km
Apoapsis: 604.037 km
Periapsis: 579.484 km
RAAN: 350.4227 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00176136
Argument of periapsis: 320.5565 deg
Mean anomaly: 39.4339 deg
Mean motion: 14.91981277 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000825 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000084087181 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, 8:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SJ-16
TLE line 1: 1 39358U 13057A 25346.33407963 .00000825 00000-0 84087-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 39358 74.9737 350.4227 0017614 320.5565 39.4339 14.91981277658475
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SJ-16.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
SJ-16 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Shijian 16’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 25, 2013, 3:50 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4B | Shijian 16
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 25, 2013, 3:50 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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