CZ-4C R/B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

ROCKET BODYIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite CZ-4C R/B at a glance.

Uptime

1463

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4C R/B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: CZ-4C R/B

International designator: 2021-062C

Object number (NORAD): 49010

Object ID (CCSDS): 49010

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.843 minutes

Inclination: 98.5537 deg

SMA: 7081.473 km

Apoapsis: 796.441 km

Periapsis: 610.235 km

RAAN: 261.5272 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0131474

Argument of periapsis: 270.5463 deg

Mean anomaly: 88.0671 deg

Mean motion: 14.56858476 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000181 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00004759 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 5:16 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C R/B

TLE line 1: 1 49010U 21062C 25186.22003989 .00000181 00000-0 47590-4 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 49010 98.5537 261.5272 0131474 270.5463 88.0671 14.56858476212600

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C R/B.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object CZ-4C R/B.

Target Orbit TCA Probability of collision Miss distance Type
COSMOS 1375 DEB LEO 2024-10-04 19:17:56 0.0001066503 633.0 (m) DEBRIS

Associated space launch

The newer FY-3 series is an improved generation of polar-orbiting heliosynchronous weather satellites.

CZ-4C R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.

The launch took place on July 4, 2021, 11:28 p.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).

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Launch to space Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E
Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: July 4, 2021, 11:28 p.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 4C

Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)

Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Latest news about this satellite

News about space launch
China lofts Fengyun 3E polar weather satellite

China has successfully launched a new polar weather satellite, Fengyun 3E.  Liftoff of the mission took place at 23:28 UTC on 4 July 2021 from launch site SLS-2 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Chang Zheng 4C rocket.

News about space launch
China launches Fengyun weather satellite into polar orbit

A new Chinese Fengyun weather satellite launched Sunday and flew into an early morning polar orbit to feed data into global computer models, adding inputs that international weather officials said will improve medium and long-range forecasts.


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