Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT B at a glance.
Uptime
31
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.5
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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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: 2025-256B
Object number (NORAD): 66410
Object ID (CCSDS): 66410
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 99.248 minutes
Inclination: 98.2797 deg
SMA: 7100.788 km
Apoapsis: 732.379 km
Periapsis: 712.928 km
RAAN: 47.3789 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013696
Argument of periapsis: 193.7504 deg
Mean anomaly: 166.332 deg
Mean motion: 14.50918128 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001327 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034704 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 12:01 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT B
TLE line 1: 1 66410U 25256B 25342.50072219 .00001327 00000-0 34704-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 66410 98.2797 47.3789 0013696 193.7504 166.3320 14.50918128 4265
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
2 satellites built by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) for testing operations of Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) satellites for Earth observation purposes.
OBJECT B was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kinetica 1 | Chutian-2 01 & 02’, on board a Kinetica 1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 9, 2025, 3:32 a.m. from Launch Area 130.
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Kinetica 1 | Chutian-2 01 & 02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 9, 2025, 3:32 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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