Key statistics
Satellite CZ-2C R/B at a glance.
Uptime
1449
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
35.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-2C R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-2C R/B
International designator: 2021-065E
Object number (NORAD): 49030
Object ID (CCSDS): 49030
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 92.507 minutes
Inclination: 35.1251 deg
SMA: 6775.51 km
Apoapsis: 422.03 km
Periapsis: 372.72 km
RAAN: 160.1379 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0036388
Argument of periapsis: 144.2896 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.0274 deg
Mean motion: 15.56645691 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00029507 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038808 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 4:57 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-2C R/B
TLE line 1: 1 49030U 21065E 25187.20637788 .00029507 00000-0 38808-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 49030 35.1251 160.1379 0036388 144.2896 216.0274 15.56645691221144
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-2C R/B.
Associated space launch
NOTE: Payload identity not confirmed. The Yaogan-30 is a series of military remote sensing satellites which are launched in triplets. The satellites are spaced by 120° in their orbit.
CZ-2C R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-10’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 19, 2021, 12:19 a.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).
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Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 19, 2021, 12:19 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2
Launch pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Latest news about this satellite
China tests fairing recovery technologies on Long March 2C launch with four satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a Long March/Chang Zheng 2C rocket on July 19 at 00:19 UTC (8:19 AM Beijing time) from LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The launch carried three Yaogan-30 remote sensing sa...
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