Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT D at a glance.
Uptime
313
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT D
International designator: 2024-153D
Object number (NORAD): 60748
Object ID (CCSDS): 60748
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.419 minutes
Inclination: 97.6425 deg
SMA: 6868.57 km
Apoapsis: 498.335 km
Periapsis: 482.534 km
RAAN: 314.9772 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011502
Argument of periapsis: 283.3071 deg
Mean anomaly: 76.6883 deg
Mean motion: 15.25117513 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011817 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047375 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 9:43 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT D
TLE line 1: 1 60748U 24153D 25188.90516828 .00011817 00000-0 47375-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 60748 97.6425 314.9772 0011502 283.3071 76.6883 15.25117513 47444
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT D.
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 D 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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