Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
1399
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
45.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-6 R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-6 R/B
International designator: 2021-064F
Object number (NORAD): 49023
Object ID (CCSDS): 49023
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.001 minutes
Inclination: 44.9993 deg
SMA: 7136.668 km
Apoapsis: 881.661 km
Periapsis: 635.405 km
RAAN: 286.9197 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0172529
Argument of periapsis: 198.4147 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.0404 deg
Mean motion: 14.39990224 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000415 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015243 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, 11:14 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 49023U 21064F 25127.46822248 .00000415 00000-0 15243-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 49023 44.9993 286.9197 0172529 198.4147 161.0404 14.39990224201394
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-6 R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object CZ-6 R/B.
Associated 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).
CZ-6 R/B 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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