Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT C at a glance.
Uptime
1144
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 C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT C
International designator: 2022-056C
Object number (NORAD): 52718
Object ID (CCSDS): 52718
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.544 minutes
Inclination: 86.0059 deg
SMA: 7257.182 km
Apoapsis: 890.131 km
Periapsis: 867.963 km
RAAN: 176.0626 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0015273
Argument of periapsis: 12.9142 deg
Mean anomaly: 347.2425 deg
Mean motion: 14.04270508 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000161 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000089922 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT C
TLE line 1: 1 52718U 22056C 25187.86154403 .00000161 00000-0 89922-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 52718 86.0059 176.0626 0015273 12.9142 347.2425 14.04270508160429
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT C.
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 C 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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