Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6 R/B at a glance.
Uptime
1593
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
89.0
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: 2021-070C
Object number (NORAD): 49061
Object ID (CCSDS): 49061
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.418 minutes
Inclination: 89.043 deg
SMA: 7108.902 km
Apoapsis: 883.115 km
Periapsis: 578.418 km
RAAN: 231.7481 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02143071
Argument of periapsis: 55.0666 deg
Mean anomaly: 307.0466 deg
Mean motion: 14.48435003 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000792 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001534742 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 5:01 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6 R/B
TLE line 1: 1 49061U 21070C 25346.20965579 .00000792 00000-0 15347-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 49061 89.0430 231.7481 0214307 55.0666 307.0466 14.48435003230033
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 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.
CZ-6 R/B 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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