Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6A DEB at a glance.
Uptime
312
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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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: 2024-126C
Object number (NORAD): 60213
Object ID (CCSDS): 60213
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.047 minutes
Inclination: 97.8182 deg
SMA: 6947.288 km
Apoapsis: 569.658 km
Periapsis: 568.648 km
RAAN: 142.4898 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000727
Argument of periapsis: 220.9546 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.1622 deg
Mean motion: 14.99269929 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011357 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00093469 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 12, 2025, 2:31 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 5:57 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6A DEB
TLE line 1: 1 60213U 24126C 25131.74799349 .00011357 00000-0 93469-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 60213 97.8182 142.4898 0000727 220.9546 139.1622 14.99269929 46373
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-6A DEB.
Associated space launch
A pair of satellites officially described as for cartographic surveying purposes, details TBD.
CZ-6A DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Tianhui 5 Group 02’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on July 4, 2024, 10:49 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Tianhui 5 Group 02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 4, 2024, 10:49 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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