Key statistics
Satellite CZ-4C R/B at a glance.
Uptime
1464
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-4C R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-4C R/B
International designator: 2021-079B
Object number (NORAD): 49123
Object ID (CCSDS): 49123
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.557 minutes
Inclination: 98.401 deg
SMA: 6923.675 km
Apoapsis: 622.179 km
Periapsis: 468.901 km
RAAN: 84.529 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01106914
Argument of periapsis: 272.5667 deg
Mean anomaly: 86.289 deg
Mean motion: 15.06946239 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002715 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016302038 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, 4:10 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-4C R/B
TLE line 1: 1 49123U 21079B 25252.17381643 .00002715 00000-0 16302-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 49123 98.4010 84.5290 0110691 272.5667 86.2890 15.06946239219060
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-4C R/B.
Associated space launch
Gaofen (GF) is a series of Chinese civilian remote sensing satellites for the state-sponsored program China High-definition Earth Observation System (CHEOS). GF 5 is configured with six types of payloads, including visible and short-wave infra hyper-spectral camera, spectral imager, greenhouse gas detector, atmospheric environment infrared detector at very high spectral resolution, differential absorption spectrometer for atmospheric trace gas, and multi-angle polarization detector, with designed lifespan of 8 years. The satellite is based on the SAST-5000B bus. The instruments are: * Advanced Hyperspectral Imager (AHSI) * Visual and Infrared Multispectral Sensor (VIMS) * Greenhouse-gases Monitoring Instrument (GMI) * Atmospheric Infrared Ultraspectral (AIUS) * Environment Monitoring Instrument (EMI) * Directional Polarization Camera (DPC)
CZ-4C R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 7, 2021, 3:01 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Gaofen-5-02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 7, 2021, 3:01 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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China launches Gaofen environmental monitoring satellite
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