Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT D at a glance.
Uptime
1464
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: 100.756 minutes
Inclination: 98.6809 deg
SMA: 7172.548 km
Apoapsis: 797.875 km
Periapsis: 790.95 km
RAAN: 204.5601 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004827
Argument of periapsis: 12.5509 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.5792 deg
Mean motion: 14.29198679 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000271 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012417 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 7:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT D
TLE line 1: 1 49024U 21062D 25186.30268541 .00000271 00000-0 12417-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 49024 98.6809 204.5601 0004827 12.5509 347.5792 14.29198679207879
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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