Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4C R/B at a glance.
Uptime
3661
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4C R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-4C R/B
International designator: 2015-040B
Object number (NORAD): 40879
Object ID (CCSDS): 40879
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 108.001 minutes
Inclination: 100.5318 deg
SMA: 7512.418 km
Apoapsis: 1204.592 km
Periapsis: 1063.973 km
RAAN: 40.5236 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0093591
Argument of periapsis: 39.4732 deg
Mean anomaly: 321.316 deg
Mean motion: 13.33316184 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000078351859 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 3:59 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C R/B
TLE line 1: 1 40879U 15040B 25246.16660685 -.00000008 00000-0 78352-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 40879 100.5318 40.5236 0093591 39.4732 321.3160 13.33316184487719
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C R/B.
Associated space launch
CZ-4C R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan-27’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 27, 2015, 2:31 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan-27
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 27, 2015, 2:31 a.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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