Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT C at a glance.
Uptime
95
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.1
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
86.0
Latest
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: 2025-199C
Object number (NORAD): 65546
Object ID (CCSDS): 65546
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 101.954 minutes
Inclination: 85.9905 deg
SMA: 7229.31 km
Apoapsis: 852.449 km
Periapsis: 849.901 km
RAAN: 129.4993 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001762
Argument of periapsis: 82.1199 deg
Mean anomaly: 278.0183 deg
Mean motion: 14.12399239 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000394 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0002035 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 12:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 9:29 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT C
TLE line 1: 1 65546U 25199C 25342.89535559 .00000394 00000-0 20350-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 65546 85.9905 129.4993 0001762 82.1199 278.0183 14.12399239 13171
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
3 Chinese reconnaissance satellites of unknown purposes, officially reported as for "Electromagnetic environment probing".
OBJECT C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 03’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 6, 2025, 4:34 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Yaogan 40 Group 03
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 6, 2025, 4:34 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 6A
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9A
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Latest news about this satellite
China launches new set of Yaogan-40 satellites into polar orbit
China added a third trio of spacecraft to a group of remote sensing satellites Saturday, marking the country’s 52nd launch of the year. The post China launches new set of Yaogan-40 satellites into polar orbit appeared first on SpaceNews.
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