Key statistics
Satellite CZ-6A R/B at a glance.
Uptime
114
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for CZ-6A R/B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: CZ-6A R/B
International designator: 2025-096D
Object number (NORAD): 63921
Object ID (CCSDS): 63921
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.958 minutes
Inclination: 85.9941 deg
SMA: 7182.148 km
Apoapsis: 812.213 km
Periapsis: 795.812 km
RAAN: 316.5364 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00114181
Argument of periapsis: 255.5617 deg
Mean anomaly: 104.4307 deg
Mean motion: 14.26334125 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000559 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022460064 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 31, 2025, 11:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 CZ-6A R/B
TLE line 1: 1 63921U 25096D 25243.99618299 .00000559 00000-0 22460-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 63921 85.9941 316.5364 0011418 255.5617 104.4307 14.26334125 15896
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite CZ-6A R/B.
Associated space launch
3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".
CZ-6A R/B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on May 11, 2025, 1:27 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 11, 2025, 1:27 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 adds to classified TJS, Yaogan satellite series with two launches
China has added new spacecraft to two separate classified satellite series with a pair of launches across Sunday and Monday. The post China adds to classified TJS, Yaogan satellite series with two launches appeared first on SpaceNews.
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