Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT C at a glance.
Uptime
1530
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.5
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 C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT C
International designator: 2021-061C
Object number (NORAD): 49005
Object ID (CCSDS): 49005
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 92.838 minutes
Inclination: 97.3332 deg
SMA: 6791.702 km
Apoapsis: 416.169 km
Periapsis: 410.966 km
RAAN: 320.1013 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00038305
Argument of periapsis: 79.5553 deg
Mean anomaly: 280.6131 deg
Mean motion: 15.51082143 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0003981 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0006827785 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 7:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT C
TLE line 1: 1 49005U 21061C 25252.29371104 .00039810 00000-0 68278-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 49005 97.3332 320.1013 0003830 79.5553 280.6131 15.51082143232351
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT C.
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 C 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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