Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT B at a glance.
Uptime
30
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
50.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT B
International designator: 2025-231B
Object number (NORAD): 65996
Object ID (CCSDS): 65996
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.864 minutes
Inclination: 50.0003 deg
SMA: 7272.236 km
Apoapsis: 897.47 km
Periapsis: 890.732 km
RAAN: 244.2821 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00046329
Argument of periapsis: 267.9414 deg
Mean anomaly: 92.0958 deg
Mean motion: 13.99912148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000182 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00022459904 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 14, 2025, 10:08 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 12, 2025, 10:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT B
TLE line 1: 1 65996U 25231B 25316.94572931 .00000182 00000-0 22460-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 65996 50.0003 244.2821 0004633 267.9414 92.0958 13.99912148 3921
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A batch of 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 B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 12’, on board a Long March 8A space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 16, 2025, 1:33 a.m. from Commercial LC-1.
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Long March 8A | SatNet LEO Group 12
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 16, 2025, 1:33 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 8A
Launch pad: Commercial LC-1
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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