Key statistics
Satellite CZ-8A R/B at a glance.
Uptime
306
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
50.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-8A R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-8A R/B
International designator: 2025-030K
Object number (NORAD): 62980
Object ID (CCSDS): 62980
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.498 minutes
Inclination: 50.0065 deg
SMA: 7160.306 km
Apoapsis: 866.76 km
Periapsis: 697.582 km
RAAN: 10.6507 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01181364
Argument of periapsis: 81.4872 deg
Mean anomaly: 279.9412 deg
Mean motion: 14.32865302 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000146 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00010666924 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 9:02 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-8A R/B
TLE line 1: 1 62980U 25030K 25347.37646432 .00000146 00000-0 10667-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 62980 50.0065 10.6507 0118136 81.4872 279.9412 14.32865302 43726
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-8A R/B.
Associated space launch
Demonstration flight of the Long March 8A rocket with upgraded first stage and boosters engines, and a new larger liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen second stage with new YF-75H engines derived from ones used on the Long March 5. Payload is a batch of Low Earth Orbit communication satellites for the Chinese state owned SatNet constellation operated by the China Satellite Network Group. The constellation will eventually consists of 13000 satellites.
CZ-8A R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)’, on board a Long March 8A space rocket.
The launch took place on Feb. 11, 2025, 9:30 a.m. from 201.
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Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 02 (Demo Flight)
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Feb. 11, 2025, 9:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 8A
Launch pad: 201
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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