Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
1204
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.0
Latest
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: 102.545 minutes
Inclination: 86.0084 deg
SMA: 7257.213 km
Apoapsis: 892.789 km
Periapsis: 865.367 km
RAAN: 149.8783 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00188934
Argument of periapsis: 181.9587 deg
Mean anomaly: 178.152 deg
Mean motion: 14.04261384 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000376 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022502648 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 6:52 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 52716U 22056A 25247.28645947 .00000376 00000-0 22503-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 52716 86.0084 149.8783 0018893 181.9587 178.1520 14.04261384168762
Live tracking on map
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 4 (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 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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