Key statistics
Satellite HAIYANG 4A at a glance.
Uptime
237
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for HAIYANG 4A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: HAIYANG 4A
International designator: 2024-208A
Object number (NORAD): 61936
Object ID (CCSDS): 61936
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.74 minutes
Inclination: 98.0044 deg
SMA: 7028.691 km
Apoapsis: 651.681 km
Periapsis: 649.431 km
RAAN: 196.351 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001601
Argument of periapsis: 100.8479 deg
Mean anomaly: 259.2909 deg
Mean motion: 14.73299615 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000389 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000067869 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, 10:14 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 HAIYANG 4A
TLE line 1: 1 61936U 24208A 25188.92707863 .00000389 00000-0 67869-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 61936 98.0044 196.3510 0001601 100.8479 259.2909 14.73299615 34756
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite HAIYANG 4A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Next generation Chinese ocean salinity measurements satellite to study ocean climatic changes and its effects on ecology and biological cycles.
HAIYANG 4A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Haiyang 4-01’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 13, 2024, 10:42 p.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4B | Haiyang 4-01
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 13, 2024, 10:42 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4B
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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