Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT K 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 K.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT K
International designator: 2025-086K
Object number (NORAD): 63696
Object ID (CCSDS): 63696
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.699 minutes
Inclination: 86.5002 deg
SMA: 7498.386 km
Apoapsis: 1128.569 km
Periapsis: 1111.933 km
RAAN: 87.4575 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0011093
Argument of periapsis: 252.0452 deg
Mean anomaly: 107.948 deg
Mean motion: 13.37060434 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000095 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015355 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 14, 2025, 5:20 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 14, 2025, 11:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT K
TLE line 1: 1 63696U 25086K 25134.48818346 .00000095 00000-0 15355-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 63696 86.5002 87.4575 0011093 252.0452 107.9480 13.37060434 2072
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT K.
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 K 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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