OBJECT B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

UNKNOWNDECAYED

Key statistics

Satellite OBJECT B at a glance.

Uptime

1609

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 16.4

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.3

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: OBJECT B

International designator: 2021-061B

Object number (NORAD): 49004

Object ID (CCSDS): 49004

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Decay date: Nov. 28, 2025

Period: 87.954 minutes

Inclination: 97.3092 deg

SMA: 6551.34 km

Apoapsis: 179.164 km

Periapsis: 167.246 km

RAAN: 53.6491 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0009096

Argument of periapsis: 278.4373 deg

Mean anomaly: 81.5894 deg

Mean motion: 16.37221819 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.07685133 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00084508194 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Nov. 28, 2025, 8:32 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Nov. 28, 2025, 2:31 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT B

TLE line 1: 1 49004U 21061B 25332.10493538 .07685133 24630-5 84508-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 49004 97.3092 53.6491 0009096 278.4373 81.5894 16.37221819245517

Live tracking on map

Satellite OBJECT B has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No tracking available.

In-orbit conjunctions

Satellite OBJECT B has decayed and is no longer in orbit. No conjunctions available.

Associated 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 B 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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Launch to space Long March 2D | Jilin-1 Wideband-01B & High Resolution 03D
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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