Key statistics
Satellite SHIYAN 13 (SY-13) at a glance.
Uptime
1331
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SHIYAN 13 (SY-13).
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SHIYAN 13 (SY-13)
International designator: 2022-004A
Object number (NORAD): 51102
Object ID (CCSDS): 51102
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.514 minutes
Inclination: 98.4835 deg
SMA: 7208.488 km
Apoapsis: 1270.688 km
Periapsis: 390.017 km
RAAN: 276.507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.06108572
Argument of periapsis: 294.416 deg
Mean anomaly: 59.4457 deg
Mean motion: 14.18523428 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002381 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016683333 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 2:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIYAN 13 (SY-13)
TLE line 1: 1 51102U 22004A 25251.60535367 .00002381 00000-0 16683-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 51102 98.4835 276.5070 0610857 294.4160 59.4457 14.18523428187343
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SHIYAN 13 (SY-13).
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for SHIYAN 13 (SY-13), at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Chinese satellite declared for technological demonstration purposes, details TBD.
SHIYAN 13 (SY-13) was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Shiyan 13’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Jan. 17, 2022, 2:35 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 2D | Shiyan 13
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Jan. 17, 2022, 2:35 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Latest news about this satellite
China launches Long March 2D with Shiyan-13 to start busy year
China successfully kicked off 2022 with the launch of the classified Shiyan-13 payload from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) aboard a Chang Zheng 2D (internationally called the Long March 2D).
First Chinese space mission of 2022 rockets into orbit
China launched a Long March 2D rocket Monday with another classified satellite, deploying the spacecraft into a polar orbit on the first of more than 40 Chinese Long March rocket missions planned in 2022.
China’s first launch of 2022 puts classified Shiyan-13 satellite into orbit
A Long March 2D carried the classified Shiyan-13 test satellite into orbit late Sunday, marking the start of what is planned to be a busy year of launches for China.
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