Key statistics
Satellite NINGXIA-1 9 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 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: 102.241 minutes
Inclination: 45.0028 deg
SMA: 7242.842 km
Apoapsis: 870.63 km
Periapsis: 858.784 km
RAAN: 218.5833 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0008178
Argument of periapsis: 206.7041 deg
Mean anomaly: 153.3375 deg
Mean motion: 14.08442932 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000076 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012062858 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, 11:16 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NINGXIA-1 9
TLE line 1: 1 49021U 21064D 25295.96997850 .00000076 00000-0 12063-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 49021 45.0028 218.5833 0008178 206.7041 153.3375 14.08442932220784
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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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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