Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT-D at a glance.
Uptime
97
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT-D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT-D
International designator: 2025-197D
Object number (NORAD): 65491
Object ID (CCSDS): 65491
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 94.516 minutes
Inclination: 97.4057 deg
SMA: 6873.278 km
Apoapsis: 504.91 km
Periapsis: 485.377 km
RAAN: 169.3761 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00142095
Argument of periapsis: 316.3651 deg
Mean anomaly: 43.6461 deg
Mean motion: 15.23550516 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00011682 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00049007493 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 11, 2025, 3:54 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 10, 2025, 11:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT-D
TLE line 1: 1 65491U 25197D 25344.97090134 .00011682 00000-0 49007-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 65491 97.4057 169.3761 0014210 316.3651 43.6461 15.23550516 14669
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT-D.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Carried 3 satellites to Sun-synchronous orbit: * Kaiyun-1 * Yuxing-3-08 * Yunyao-27
OBJECT-D was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ceres-1 | 3 satellites’, on board a Ceres-1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 5, 2025, 11:39 a.m. from Launch Area 95A.
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Ceres-1 | 3 satellites
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 5, 2025, 11:39 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Ceres-1
Launch pad: Launch Area 95A
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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