Key statistics
Satellite SHIYAN 27D 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 27D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SHIYAN 27D
International designator: 2025-078D
Object number (NORAD): 63602
Object ID (CCSDS): 63602
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.101 minutes
Inclination: 99.6947 deg
SMA: 7424.029 km
Apoapsis: 1046.589 km
Periapsis: 1045.199 km
RAAN: 133.2265 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0000936
Argument of periapsis: 90.5354 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.5891 deg
Mean motion: 13.5719813 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000048 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013002 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, 11:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SHIYAN 27D
TLE line 1: 1 63602U 25078D 25124.97272902 .00000048 00000-0 13002-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 63602 99.6947 133.2265 0000936 90.5354 269.5891 13.57198130 2155
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SHIYAN 27D.
In-orbit conjunctions
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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 27D 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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