Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
1082
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: 102.546 minutes
Inclination: 86.0088 deg
SMA: 7257.282 km
Apoapsis: 892.674 km
Periapsis: 865.621 km
RAAN: 203.3846 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0018639
Argument of periapsis: 198.1411 deg
Mean anomaly: 161.9105 deg
Mean motion: 14.04241234 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000353 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002103 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 6, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 5, 2025, 8:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 52716U 22056A 25125.86642101 .00000353 00000-0 21030-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 52716 86.0088 203.3846 0018639 198.1411 161.9105 14.04241234151725
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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