Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4C DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2656
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: 97.304 minutes
Inclination: 97.7696 deg
SMA: 7007.76 km
Apoapsis: 633.111 km
Periapsis: 626.138 km
RAAN: 244.1503 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004975
Argument of periapsis: 8.7888 deg
Mean anomaly: 351.341 deg
Mean motion: 14.79905476 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000478 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000069971 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 1, 2025, 6:11 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: June 30, 2025, 11:13 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C DEB
TLE line 1: 1 43270U 18031J 25181.96776294 .00000478 00000-0 69971-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 43270 97.7696 244.1503 0004975 8.7888 351.3410 14.79905476400985
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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