Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
1520
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: 99.995 minutes
Inclination: 44.9982 deg
SMA: 7136.405 km
Apoapsis: 880.754 km
Periapsis: 635.787 km
RAAN: 69.0355 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0171632
Argument of periapsis: 90.3638 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.6879 deg
Mean motion: 14.4006971 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000053 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001842592 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, 9:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 49023U 21064F 25248.87599778 .00000530 00000-0 18426-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 49023 44.9982 69.0355 0171632 90.3638 271.6879 14.40069710218893
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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