Key statistics
Satellite SHIYAN 27B at a glance.
Uptime
17
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
99.7
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SHIYAN 27B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SHIYAN 27B
International designator: 2025-078B
Object number (NORAD): 63600
Object ID (CCSDS): 63600
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.101 minutes
Inclination: 99.6932 deg
SMA: 7424.027 km
Apoapsis: 1046.614 km
Periapsis: 1045.169 km
RAAN: 133.2388 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000973
Argument of periapsis: 88.4387 deg
Mean anomaly: 271.6863 deg
Mean motion: 13.57198862 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014154 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 5, 2025, 2:11 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 4, 2025, 11:03 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIYAN 27B
TLE line 1: 1 63600U 25078B 25124.96046338 .00000057 00000-0 14154-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 63600 99.6932 133.2388 0000973 88.4387 271.6863 13.57198862 2151
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SHIYAN 27B.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for SHIYAN 27B, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A group of 6 Chinese satellites reported to be for "space environment probing and other related technological testing". Actual usage not known.
SHIYAN 27B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Shiyan 27 01-06’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on April 18, 2025, 10:51 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Shiyan 27 01-06
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 18, 2025, 10:51 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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Latest news about this satellite
China launches 6 classified experimental satellites with Long March 6A
China sent six experimental Shiyan series satellites into orbit late Friday Eastern, using its Long March 6A rocket launched from Taiyuan. The post China launches 6 classified experimental satellites with Long March 6A appeared first on SpaceNews.
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