Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6A DEB at a glance.
Uptime
432
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: 95.885 minutes
Inclination: 97.8349 deg
SMA: 6939.472 km
Apoapsis: 565.773 km
Periapsis: 556.9 km
RAAN: 263.0946 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00063938
Argument of periapsis: 146.925 deg
Mean anomaly: 213.2375 deg
Mean motion: 15.01803676 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012877 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00099084788 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 2:04 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6A DEB
TLE line 1: 1 60213U 24126C 25251.58644492 .00012877 00000-0 99085-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 60213 97.8349 263.0946 0006394 146.9250 213.2375 15.01803676 64340
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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