Key statistics
Satellite CZ-2D DEB at a glance.
Uptime
2891
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-2D DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-2D DEB
International designator: 2017-060B
Object number (NORAD): 44609
Object ID (CCSDS): 44609
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.214 minutes
Inclination: 97.557 deg
SMA: 6955.337 km
Apoapsis: 600.735 km
Periapsis: 553.669 km
RAAN: 273.2663 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00338345
Argument of periapsis: 178.546 deg
Mean anomaly: 181.5867 deg
Mean motion: 14.96668003 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005523 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00048337258 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 6:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-2D DEB
TLE line 1: 1 44609U 17060B 25250.78732097 .00005523 00000-0 48337-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 44609 97.5570 273.2663 0033834 178.5460 181.5867 14.96668003422882
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-2D DEB.
Associated space launch
VRSS-2 is the second Venezuelan remote sensing satellite. Spacecraft was built by China. Weighing about 1000 kg, it is to operate in sun-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 645 kilometres, providing services in traffic management, disaster warning and prevention, tracking agriculture and land use.
CZ-2D DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 9, 2017, 4:13 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | VRSS-2 (Antonio José de Sucre)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 9, 2017, 4:13 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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