Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
1467
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
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 OBJECT A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT A
International designator: 2021-061A
Object number (NORAD): 49003
Object ID (CCSDS): 49003
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.334 minutes
Inclination: 97.5561 deg
SMA: 6912.864 km
Apoapsis: 540.396 km
Periapsis: 529.063 km
RAAN: 266.812 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008197
Argument of periapsis: 144.8694 deg
Mean anomaly: 215.3077 deg
Mean motion: 15.10482633 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002186 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013659 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 9, 2025, 2:22 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 8, 2025, 9:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 49003U 21061A 25189.90900943 .00002186 00000-0 13659-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 49003 97.5561 266.8120 0008197 144.8694 215.3077 15.10482633221550
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Jilin-1 satellites are a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellite for high definition video within the Jilin-1 constellation designed and owned by the Chang Guang Satellite Technology Corporation.
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Jilin-1 Wideband-01B & High Resolution 03D’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on July 3, 2021, 2:51 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 2D | Jilin-1 Wideband-01B & High Resolution 03D
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 3, 2021, 2:51 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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