Key statistics
Satellite NINGXIA-1 9 at a glance.
Uptime
1399
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 9.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: NINGXIA-1 9
International designator: 2021-064D
Object number (NORAD): 49021
Object ID (CCSDS): 49021
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.24 minutes
Inclination: 45.0033 deg
SMA: 7242.809 km
Apoapsis: 870.308 km
Periapsis: 859.039 km
RAAN: 257.6148 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007779
Argument of periapsis: 120.1166 deg
Mean anomaly: 240.0442 deg
Mean motion: 14.08452639 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000053 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0000459 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 10:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NINGXIA-1 9
TLE line 1: 1 49021U 21064D 25127.93132742 -.00000053 00000-0 45900-4 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 49021 45.0033 257.6148 0007779 120.1166 240.0442 14.08452639197097
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NINGXIA-1 9.
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 9 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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