Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
1303
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT A
International designator: 2022-056A
Object number (NORAD): 52716
Object ID (CCSDS): 52716
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.541 minutes
Inclination: 86.0029 deg
SMA: 7257.014 km
Apoapsis: 891.55 km
Periapsis: 866.208 km
RAAN: 106.176 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00174606
Argument of periapsis: 238.9841 deg
Mean anomaly: 120.9624 deg
Mean motion: 14.04319175 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000452 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027237378 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, 7:54 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 52716U 22056A 25346.32951297 .00000452 00000-0 27237-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 52716 86.0029 106.1760 0017461 238.9841 120.9624 14.04319175182665
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Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
"Ronghe Shiyan Weixing" (RSW) = "Integrated Experimental Satellite" are test satellites that will be used to develop a state-owned Chinese low-earth orbit constellation, Xingwang, consisting of several thousand satellites.
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C/YZ-1S | RSW-04 - 06’, on board a Long March 2C/YZ-1S space rocket.
The launch took place on May 20, 2022, 10:30 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2C/YZ-1S | RSW-04 - 06
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 20, 2022, 10:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2C/YZ-1S
Launch pad: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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