Key statistics
Satellite SZ-22 at a glance.
Uptime
29
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.6
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
41.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SZ-22.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SZ-22
International designator: 2025-272A
Object number (NORAD): 66645
Object ID (CCSDS): 66645
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 92.331 minutes
Inclination: 41.4684 deg
SMA: 6766.912 km
Apoapsis: 394.234 km
Periapsis: 383.32 km
RAAN: 308.7959 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00080636
Argument of periapsis: 129.7983 deg
Mean anomaly: 230.3567 deg
Mean motion: 15.5961343 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0001399 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017429265 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 24, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 23, 2025, 10:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SZ-22
TLE line 1: 1 66645U 25272A 25357.92225809 .00013990 00000-0 17429-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 66645 41.4684 308.7959 0008064 129.7983 230.3567 15.59613430265505
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SZ-22.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Shenzhou 22 (Chinese: 神舟二十二号) will be the 22nd flight of the Shenzhou program. The spacecraft will be launched without crew to replace Shenzhou 20 that was damaged by orbital debris on the descent module porthole window, and thus deemed unsuitable for crew re-entry. The spacecraft will later return three Chinese astronauts on the 10th flight to the Chinese Space Station back to Earth, after launching on Shenzhou 21.
SZ-22 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 22’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 25, 2025, 4:11 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921).
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Long March 2F/G | Shenzhou 22
Agency: China National Space Administration
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 25, 2025, 4:11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-1 / 921)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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