Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT D 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 D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT D
International designator: 2021-061D
Object number (NORAD): 49006
Object ID (CCSDS): 49006
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 93.059 minutes
Inclination: 97.334 deg
SMA: 6802.432 km
Apoapsis: 428.308 km
Periapsis: 420.287 km
RAAN: 318.7149 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00058956
Argument of periapsis: 48.3633 deg
Mean anomaly: 311.8121 deg
Mean motion: 15.47413645 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0003248 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00063392465 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, 6:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT D
TLE line 1: 1 49006U 21061D 25252.28774831 .00032480 00000-0 63392-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 49006 97.3340 318.7149 0005896 48.3633 311.8121 15.47413645232267
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT D.
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 D 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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