Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6A DEB at a glance.
Uptime
1078
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: 97.897 minutes
Inclination: 98.64 deg
SMA: 7036.246 km
Apoapsis: 716.899 km
Periapsis: 599.324 km
RAAN: 353.5604 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00835492
Argument of periapsis: 261.2716 deg
Mean anomaly: 97.9019 deg
Mean motion: 14.70927277 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00018968 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0029354718 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 3:04 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6A DEB
TLE line 1: 1 55231U 22151WY 25294.12784608 .00018968 00000-0 29355-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 55231 98.6400 353.5604 0083549 261.2716 97.9019 14.70927277150451
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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