Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT B 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 B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT B
International designator: 2025-086B
Object number (NORAD): 63688
Object ID (CCSDS): 63688
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.425 minutes
Inclination: 86.5057 deg
SMA: 7485.669 km
Apoapsis: 1113.327 km
Periapsis: 1101.742 km
RAAN: 87.351 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0007738
Argument of periapsis: 246.1722 deg
Mean anomaly: 113.861 deg
Mean motion: 13.40469068 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000112 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017618 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 8:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 14, 2025, 6:33 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT B
TLE line 1: 1 63688U 25086B 25134.77292112 .00000112 00000-0 17618-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 63688 86.5057 87.3510 0007738 246.1722 113.8610 13.40469068 2112
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT B.
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 B 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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