Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT C 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 C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT C
International designator: 2025-180C
Object number (NORAD): 65261
Object ID (CCSDS): 65261
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.241 minutes
Inclination: 97.4938 deg
SMA: 6908.362 km
Apoapsis: 540.754 km
Periapsis: 519.7 km
RAAN: 23.0355 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00152375
Argument of periapsis: 192.4387 deg
Mean anomaly: 167.647 deg
Mean motion: 15.11959368 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00005299 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00031191254 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 14, 2025, 3:50 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 13, 2025, 11:20 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT C
TLE line 1: 1 65261U 25180C 25256.97230484 .00005299 00000-0 31191-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 65261 97.4938 23.0355 0015238 192.4387 167.6470 15.11959368 3870
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT C.
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 C 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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