Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6A DEB at a glance.
Uptime
1030
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-6A DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: CZ-6A DEB
International designator: 2022-151WY
Object number (NORAD): 55231
Object ID (CCSDS): 55231
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.996 minutes
Inclination: 98.6467 deg
SMA: 7040.957 km
Apoapsis: 723.738 km
Periapsis: 601.906 km
RAAN: 304.8329 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00865166
Argument of periapsis: 47.2145 deg
Mean anomaly: 313.6293 deg
Mean motion: 14.69451495 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00020442 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0032596111 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 2:51 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6A DEB
TLE line 1: 1 55231U 22151WY 25248.11880296 .00020442 00000-0 32596-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 55231 98.6467 304.8329 0086517 47.2145 313.6293 14.69451495143695
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-6A DEB.
Associated space launch
Chinese satellite reported for atmospheric/ocean/environmental/spatial parameter research purposes, details TBD.
CZ-6A DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Yunhai 3’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 11, 2022, 10:52 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Yunhai 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 11, 2022, 10:52 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 6A
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9A
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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