Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT D at a glance.
Uptime
1408
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT D
International designator: 2021-062D
Object number (NORAD): 49024
Object ID (CCSDS): 49024
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.759 minutes
Inclination: 98.6831 deg
SMA: 7172.681 km
Apoapsis: 798.536 km
Periapsis: 790.556 km
RAAN: 150.3717 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005563
Argument of periapsis: 143.3971 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.7592 deg
Mean motion: 14.29158764 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000398 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017436 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 9:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT D
TLE line 1: 1 49024U 21062D 25131.90492532 .00000398 00000-0 17436-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 49024 98.6831 150.3717 0005563 143.3971 216.7592 14.29158764200109
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT D.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for OBJECT D, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The newer FY-3 series is an improved generation of polar-orbiting heliosynchronous weather satellites.
OBJECT D was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on July 4, 2021, 11:28 p.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | Fengyun-3E
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 4, 2021, 11:28 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Latest news about this satellite
China lofts Fengyun 3E polar weather satellite
China has successfully launched a new polar weather satellite, Fengyun 3E. Liftoff of the mission took place at 23:28 UTC on 4 July 2021 from launch site SLS-2 at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center using a Chang Zheng 4C rocket.
China launches Fengyun weather satellite into polar orbit
A new Chinese Fengyun weather satellite launched Sunday and flew into an early morning polar orbit to feed data into global computer models, adding inputs that international weather officials said will improve medium and long-range forecasts.
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