Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4C R/B at a glance.
Uptime
2648
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.2
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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: 2018-031F
Object number (NORAD): 43264
Object ID (CCSDS): 43264
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.864 minutes
Inclination: 98.1524 deg
SMA: 6890.137 km
Apoapsis: 572.586 km
Periapsis: 451.418 km
RAAN: 67.8893 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0087929
Argument of periapsis: 170.9409 deg
Mean anomaly: 189.3434 deg
Mean motion: 15.17962284 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002993 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013715 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: June 29, 2025, 2:41 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 28, 2025, 10:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C R/B
TLE line 1: 1 43264U 18031F 25179.93690776 .00002993 00000-0 13715-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 43264 98.1524 67.8893 0087929 170.9409 189.3434 15.17962284397563
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C R/B.
Associated space launch
Gaofen is a series of Chinese civilian Earth observation satellites. These three satellites are to be operated together with the Gaofen-1 satellite, which was launched in 2013.
CZ-4C R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen 1-02, 1-03 & 1-04’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on March 31, 2018, 3:22 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Gaofen 1-02, 1-03 & 1-04
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 31, 2018, 3:22 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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