Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT B at a glance.
Uptime
259
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT B
International designator: 2024-153B
Object number (NORAD): 60746
Object ID (CCSDS): 60746
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.68 minutes
Inclination: 97.6357 deg
SMA: 6881.2 km
Apoapsis: 512.932 km
Periapsis: 493.197 km
RAAN: 259.2738 deg
Eccentricy: 0.001434
Argument of periapsis: 118.1834 deg
Mean anomaly: 242.0851 deg
Mean motion: 15.20920545 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00012395 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00056153 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 14, 2025, 7:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT B
TLE line 1: 1 60746U 24153B 25134.83211436 .00012395 00000-0 56153-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 60746 97.6357 259.2738 0014340 118.1834 242.0851 15.20920545 39171
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Carried 6 satellites to sun synchronous orbit: * Yunyao-1 15 to 17 * Jitianxing A-03 * Suxing 1-01 * Tianfu Gaofen 2
OBJECT B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ceres-1S | 6 satellites’, on board a Ceres-1S space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 29, 2024, 5:22 a.m. from Haiyang Spaceport.
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Ceres-1S | 6 satellites
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 29, 2024, 5:22 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Ceres-1S
Launch pad: Haiyang Spaceport
Location: Sea Launch
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