Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT B at a glance.
Uptime
1251
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.3
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 B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT B
International designator: 2022-056B
Object number (NORAD): 52717
Object ID (CCSDS): 52717
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 108.304 minutes
Inclination: 86.013 deg
SMA: 7526.464 km
Apoapsis: 1181.625 km
Periapsis: 1115.032 km
RAAN: 191.3957 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0044239
Argument of periapsis: 331.1844 deg
Mean anomaly: 28.6849 deg
Mean motion: 13.29585651 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000082 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014422 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:06 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 7:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT B
TLE line 1: 1 52717U 22056B 25294.79877306 .00000082 00000-0 14422-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 52717 86.0130 191.3957 0044239 331.1844 28.6849 13.29585651166637
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT B.
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 B 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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