Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT K 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 K.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT K
International designator: 2025-174K
Object number (NORAD): 65173
Object ID (CCSDS): 65173
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 108.147 minutes
Inclination: 86.5002 deg
SMA: 7519.187 km
Apoapsis: 1142.01 km
Periapsis: 1140.094 km
RAAN: 349.2087 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00012743
Argument of periapsis: 62.3906 deg
Mean anomaly: 297.7361 deg
Mean motion: 13.31516203 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00001772 rev/day2
B* drag term: -0.0037433322 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 12:24 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT K
TLE line 1: 1 65173U 25174K 25245.51678650 -.00001772 00000-0 -37433-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 65173 86.5002 349.2087 0001274 62.3906 297.7361 13.31516203 2673
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 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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