Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2596
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4C DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-4C DEB
International designator: 2018-031J
Object number (NORAD): 43270
Object ID (CCSDS): 43270
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.31 minutes
Inclination: 97.7726 deg
SMA: 7008.063 km
Apoapsis: 633.733 km
Periapsis: 626.123 km
RAAN: 188.4702 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005429
Argument of periapsis: 163.3385 deg
Mean anomaly: 196.8006 deg
Mean motion: 14.79809364 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001357 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018689 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 4, 2025, 5:21 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 10:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 43270U 18031J 25124.42727738 .00001357 00000-0 18689-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 43270 97.7726 188.4702 0005429 163.3385 196.8006 14.79809364392471
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C DEB.
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 DEB 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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