Key statistics
Satellite NINGXIA-1 8 at a glance.
Uptime
1567
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
45.0
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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: 102.238 minutes
Inclination: 44.9954 deg
SMA: 7242.708 km
Apoapsis: 869.913 km
Periapsis: 859.233 km
RAAN: 217.7172 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00073729
Argument of periapsis: 197.6303 deg
Mean anomaly: 162.4278 deg
Mean motion: 14.08481974 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000045 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010212637 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 22, 2025, 11:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NINGXIA-1 8
TLE line 1: 1 49020U 21064C 25295.98699759 .00000045 00000-0 10213-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 49020 44.9954 217.7172 0007373 197.6303 162.4278 14.08481974220783
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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