Key statistics
Satellite TIANZHOU-9 at a glance.
Uptime
26
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
41.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIANZHOU-9.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANZHOU-9
International designator: 2025-149A
Object number (NORAD): 64786
Object ID (CCSDS): 64786
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 92.446 minutes
Inclination: 41.4647 deg
SMA: 6772.552 km
Apoapsis: 397.402 km
Periapsis: 391.431 km
RAAN: 62.8588 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0004408
Argument of periapsis: 102.6443 deg
Mean anomaly: 257.4888 deg
Mean motion: 15.57665712 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00020574 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027378 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 8, 2025, 6:04 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 8, 2025, 3:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANZHOU-9
TLE line 1: 1 64786U 25149A 25220.63101612 .00020574 00000-0 27378-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 64786 41.4647 62.8588 0004408 102.6443 257.4888 15.57665712 2696
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANZHOU-9.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Eighth cargo delivery mission to the Chinese space station.
TIANZHOU-9 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 7 | Tianzhou-9’, on board a Long March 7 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 14, 2025, 9:34 p.m. from 201.
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Long March 7 | Tianzhou-9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 14, 2025, 9:34 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 7
Launch pad: 201
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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