Key statistics
Satellite HAIYANG 2B at a glance.
Uptime
2509
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for HAIYANG 2B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: HAIYANG 2B
International designator: 2018-081A
Object number (NORAD): 43655
Object ID (CCSDS): 43655
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 104.4 minutes
Inclination: 99.335 deg
SMA: 7344.493 km
Apoapsis: 966.98 km
Periapsis: 965.735 km
RAAN: 256.9544 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00008476
Argument of periapsis: 11.3208 deg
Mean anomaly: 348.7962 deg
Mean motion: 13.79304213 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000021 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000063505159 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 HAIYANG 2B
TLE line 1: 1 43655U 18081A 25248.95620653 .00000021 00000-0 63505-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 43655 99.3350 256.9544 0000848 11.3208 348.7962 13.79304213345749
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Real-time ground track for satellite HAIYANG 2B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Haiyang is a series of Chinese marine remote sensing satellites. Haiyang 2B is a follow up to Haiyang 2A satellite. It is intended for monitoring the dynamic ocean environnement with microwave sensors to detect sea surface wind field, sea surface height and sea surface temperature.
HAIYANG 2B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Haiyang 2B’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 24, 2018, 10:57 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4B | Haiyang 2B
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 24, 2018, 10:57 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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