Key statistics
Satellite SHIYAN 27C 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 27C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SHIYAN 27C
International designator: 2025-078C
Object number (NORAD): 63601
Object ID (CCSDS): 63601
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.101 minutes
Inclination: 99.6927 deg
SMA: 7424.03 km
Apoapsis: 1046.606 km
Periapsis: 1045.185 km
RAAN: 133.3041 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000957
Argument of periapsis: 89.1933 deg
Mean anomaly: 270.9315 deg
Mean motion: 13.57197812 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000057 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014203 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, 9:52 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIYAN 27C
TLE line 1: 1 63601U 25078C 25124.91130521 .00000057 00000-0 14203-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 63601 99.6927 133.3041 0000957 89.1933 270.9315 13.57197812 2158
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SHIYAN 27C.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for SHIYAN 27C, 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 27C 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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