Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4B DEB at a glance.
Uptime
3007
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
43.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4B DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-4B DEB
International designator: 2017-034F
Object number (NORAD): 43430
Object ID (CCSDS): 43430
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.702 minutes
Inclination: 42.9949 deg
SMA: 6978.848 km
Apoapsis: 696.205 km
Periapsis: 505.221 km
RAAN: 173.9621 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01368307
Argument of periapsis: 252.7807 deg
Mean anomaly: 105.8015 deg
Mean motion: 14.89111365 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00013162 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0011685045 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 11:55 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4B DEB
TLE line 1: 1 43430U 17034F 25249.49704090 .00013162 00000-0 11685-2 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 43430 42.9949 173.9621 0136831 252.7807 105.8015 14.89111365433981
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4B DEB.
Associated space launch
Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) is a Chinese X-ray space observatory. This will be China's first astronomy satellite, and it is tasked with observation of black holes, neutron stars and other phenomena based on their X-ray and gamma ray emissions.
CZ-4B DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Huiyan (HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope))’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on June 15, 2017, 3 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4B | Huiyan (HXMT (Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope))
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 15, 2017, 3 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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