Key statistics
Satellite CZ-2D R/B at a glance.
Uptime
1210
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
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 CZ-2D R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-2D R/B
International designator: 2022-004B
Object number (NORAD): 51103
Object ID (CCSDS): 51103
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.239 minutes
Inclination: 98.5069 deg
SMA: 7100.396 km
Apoapsis: 1096.586 km
Periapsis: 347.935 km
RAAN: 206.6589 deg
Eccentricy: 0.052719
Argument of periapsis: 156.4645 deg
Mean anomaly: 206.1661 deg
Mean motion: 14.51038484 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00021317 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00078647 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 10, 2025, 2:32 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 9, 2025, 5:56 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-2D R/B
TLE line 1: 1 51103U 22004B 25129.74732341 .00021317 00000-0 78647-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 51103 98.5069 206.6589 0527190 156.4645 206.1661 14.51038484172932
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-2D R/B.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object CZ-2D R/B.
Associated space launch
Chinese satellite declared for technological demonstration purposes, details TBD.
CZ-2D R/B 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).
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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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