Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
17
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.4
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT A
International designator: 2025-086A
Object number (NORAD): 63687
Object ID (CCSDS): 63687
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.84 minutes
Inclination: 86.5023 deg
SMA: 7504.934 km
Apoapsis: 1134.705 km
Periapsis: 1118.893 km
RAAN: 87.3592 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010534
Argument of periapsis: 260.3512 deg
Mean anomaly: 99.6439 deg
Mean motion: 13.35311025 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000094 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015592 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 8:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 14, 2025, 7 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 63687U 25086A 25134.79231932 .00000094 00000-0 15592-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 63687 86.5023 87.3592 0010534 260.3512 99.6439 13.35311025 2132
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A batch of 10 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.
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 03’, on board a Long March 5B/YZ-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 28, 2025, 8:10 p.m. from 101.
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Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 03
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 28, 2025, 8:10 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 5B/YZ-2
Launch pad: 101
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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