Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT J at a glance.
Uptime
22
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.3
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT J.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT J
International designator: 2025-174J
Object number (NORAD): 65172
Object ID (CCSDS): 65172
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.998 minutes
Inclination: 86.4999 deg
SMA: 7512.266 km
Apoapsis: 1134.982 km
Periapsis: 1133.28 km
RAAN: 349.6161 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001133
Argument of periapsis: 221.1564 deg
Mean anomaly: 138.949 deg
Mean motion: 13.33356594 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000137 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024893447 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 1, 2025, 7:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 1, 2025, 7:22 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT J
TLE line 1: 1 65172U 25174J 25244.30734579 .00000137 00000-0 24893-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 65172 86.4999 349.6161 0001133 221.1564 138.9490 13.33356594 2544
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT J.
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 J was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 08’, on board a Long March 5B/YZ-2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 13, 2025, 6:43 a.m. from 101.
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Long March 5B/YZ-2 | SatNet LEO Group 08
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 13, 2025, 6:43 a.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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