Key statistics
Satellite NINGXIA-1 8 at a glance.
Uptime
1521
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
45.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NINGXIA-1 8.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: NINGXIA-1 8
International designator: 2021-064C
Object number (NORAD): 49020
Object ID (CCSDS): 49020
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.239 minutes
Inclination: 44.9946 deg
SMA: 7242.751 km
Apoapsis: 870.269 km
Periapsis: 858.962 km
RAAN: 70.1745 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00078057
Argument of periapsis: 322.6937 deg
Mean anomaly: 37.3357 deg
Mean motion: 14.08469555 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000075671629 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 11:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NINGXIA-1 8
TLE line 1: 1 49020U 21064C 25248.95920975 -.00000001 00000-0 75672-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 49020 44.9946 70.1745 0007806 322.6937 37.3357 14.08469555214158
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NINGXIA-1 8.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Ningxin-1 satellites (also called Zhongzi) are a series of Chinese commercial remote sensing satellite owned by Ningxia Jingui Information Technology Co. Ltd. The satellites were built by DFH Satellite Co. Ltd of CAST. They have been reported to be a commercial operated global EM spectrum signal monitoring satellite system (SIGINT).
NINGXIA-1 8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6 | Zhongzi Group 02 (Ningxia-1-02)’, on board a Long March 6 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 9, 2021, 11:59 a.m. from Launch Complex 16.
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Long March 6 | Zhongzi Group 02 (Ningxia-1-02)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 9, 2021, 11:59 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 6
Launch pad: Launch Complex 16
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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China successfully launched a Chang Zheng 6 rocket from LC-16 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center at 11:59 UTC (7:59 PM Beijing time) on Friday July 9. This launch is the sixth launch of the Chang Zheng 6 (CZ-6), also known as the Long March 6, and th...
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