Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
29
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 5.4
Per day
Orbit
MEO
Medium Earth Orbit
Inclination
20.0
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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: 2025-250A
Object number (NORAD): 66313
Object ID (CCSDS): 66313
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 269.101 minutes
Inclination: 20.0335 deg
SMA: 13807.125 km
Apoapsis: 7496.973 km
Periapsis: 7361.007 km
RAAN: 104.8243 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00492374
Argument of periapsis: 135.6954 deg
Mean anomaly: 224.7061 deg
Mean motion: 5.35115916 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000007 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 30, 2025, 5:58 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 23, 2025, 1:44 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 66313U 25250A 25327.07225435 -.00000007 00000-0 00000-0 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 66313 20.0335 104.8243 0049237 135.6954 224.7061 5.35115916 1148
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
Classified Earth observation satellite officially reported as for "national resources/hydrology/meteorology surveying & disaster management" purposes.
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 7A | Yaogan 46’, on board a Long March 7A space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 3, 2025, 3:47 a.m. from 201.
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Long March 7A | Yaogan 46
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 3, 2025, 3:47 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 7A
Launch pad: 201
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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