Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
26
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.5
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT A
International designator: 2025-180A
Object number (NORAD): 65259
Object ID (CCSDS): 65259
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.208 minutes
Inclination: 97.4935 deg
SMA: 6906.804 km
Apoapsis: 539.033 km
Periapsis: 518.306 km
RAAN: 20.5095 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00150047
Argument of periapsis: 202.4983 deg
Mean anomaly: 157.5592 deg
Mean motion: 15.12470895 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00009579 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00055260203 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 12, 2025, 4:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 11, 2025, 9:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 65259U 25180A 25254.38681646 .00009579 00000-0 55260-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 65259 97.4935 20.5095 0015005 202.4983 157.5592 15.12470895 3498
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A share ride mission of 7 various Earth observation and technological demonstration satellites: * AIRSAT-05/Haishao-2 * Tianyan 26 * Duogongneng Shiyan-2 01-03 * ThumbSat-1/2 (Mexico)
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kinetica 1 | 7 satellites’, on board a Kinetica 1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 19, 2025, 7:33 a.m. from Launch Area 130.
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Kinetica 1 | 7 satellites
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 19, 2025, 7:33 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kinetica 1
Launch pad: Launch Area 130
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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