Key statistics
Satellite KL-BETA A at a glance.
Uptime
1498
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
89.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for KL-BETA A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: KL-BETA A
International designator: 2021-070A
Object number (NORAD): 49059
Object ID (CCSDS): 49059
Country: GERMANY (GER)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 103.276 minutes
Inclination: 88.9847 deg
SMA: 7291.648 km
Apoapsis: 915.197 km
Periapsis: 911.829 km
RAAN: 249.1701 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00023095
Argument of periapsis: 123.2384 deg
Mean anomaly: 236.9013 deg
Mean motion: 13.94325579 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000089 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000056479915 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 9, 2025, 10:35 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 9, 2025, 6:25 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 KL-BETA A
TLE line 1: 1 49059U 21070A 25252.26739834 .00000089 00000-0 56480-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 49059 88.9847 249.1701 0002310 123.2384 236.9013 13.94325579208783
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite KL-BETA A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The KL-Beta A and B, satellites are test satellites for a global multimedia satellite system for the German company KLEO Connect and the Chinese company Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology. The satellites were built by CAS Microspace and feature a Ka-band communications payload. The prototype system also includes another satellite “GMS-T” built by OHB System of Germany.
KL-BETA A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6 | KL-Beta’, on board a Long March 6 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 4, 2021, 11:01 a.m. from Launch Complex 16.
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Long March 6 | KL-Beta
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 4, 2021, 11:01 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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Latest news about this satellite
China places two KL-Beta satellites into orbit
Without previous warning or announcement, China’s space agency launched two satellites from Launch Complex 16 at the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Wednesday, August 4. The two payloads, called “KL-Beta-A” and “KL-Beta-B,” launched on a Chang Zheng 6 ...
Chinese rocket launches two small satellites to test communications tech
A Chinese rocket successfully launched Wednesday with a pair of small communications satellites reportedly linked to a secretive German company. The Chinese institute that built the satellites said they will test laser communications and electric thruster...
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