CZ-4C R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite CZ-4C R/B at a glance.

Uptime

2618

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.9

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: 2018-043B

Object number (NORAD): 43462

Object ID (CCSDS): 43462

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.897 minutes

Inclination: 98.2068 deg

SMA: 6988.218 km

Apoapsis: 670.506 km

Periapsis: 549.66 km

RAAN: 241.8709 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0086464

Argument of periapsis: 230.2461 deg

Mean anomaly: 129.1114 deg

Mean motion: 14.8611727 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000561 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000066952 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 7, 2025, 11:16 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:22 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C R/B

TLE line 1: 1 43462U 18043B 25188.89067097 .00000561 00000-0 66952-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 43462 98.2068 241.8709 0086464 230.2461 129.1114 14.86117270387599

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C R/B.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object CZ-4C R/B.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
CZ-4 DEB SSO 2025-03-01 19:53:11 0.0002980562 549.0 (m) DEBRIS
COSMOS 2251 DEB LEO 2024-11-02 11:14:02 0.0001609303 338.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

Gaofen is a series of civilian Earth observation satellites developed and launched for the China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS), a state-sponsored programme aimed to develop a near-real time, all-weather, global surveillance network consisting of satellite, near-space (stratosphere) airships, and aerial observation platforms. Based on the SAST5000B bus, Gaofen 5 will carry six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector. The satellite has a designed life of 8 years. It is to be launched atop of a Long March 4C to a 705km Sun Syncronous Orbit (SSO).

CZ-4C R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen 5’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.

The launch took place on May 8, 2018, 6:28 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.

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Launch to space Long March 4C | Gaofen 5
Long March 4C | Gaofen 5

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: May 8, 2018, 6:28 p.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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