Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT A at a glance.
Uptime
28
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.7
Latest
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: 2025-292A
Object number (NORAD): 66993
Object ID (CCSDS): 66993
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.696 minutes
Inclination: 97.65 deg
SMA: 6930.386 km
Apoapsis: 562.849 km
Periapsis: 541.654 km
RAAN: 82.9326 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00152914
Argument of periapsis: 187.4067 deg
Mean anomaly: 172.6936 deg
Mean motion: 15.04757817 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006706 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00047867009 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Jan. 5, 2026, 6 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Jan. 5, 2026, 2:46 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT A
TLE line 1: 1 66993U 25292A 26005.61555392 .00006706 00000-0 47867-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 66993 97.6500 82.9326 0015291 187.4067 172.6936 15.04757817 3982
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
Share ride of 9 satellites to sun-synchronous orbit: * Satellite 813 (United Arab Emirates) * Jilin-1 Gaofen 07B-01/07C-01/07D-01 * Dongpo-15 * Yixing-2 09 * Yixian-A * SPNEX (Egypt) * Slipper2Sat (Nepal)
OBJECT A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kinetica 1 | 9 satellites’, on board a Kinetica 1 space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 10, 2025, 4:03 a.m. from Launch Area 130.
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Kinetica 1 | 9 satellites
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 10, 2025, 4:03 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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Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 16, 2025 A Kinetica 1 rocket has placed the Arab Satellite 813 into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, marking a new phase of cooperation between the United Arab Emirates and China in space activities, according to...
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Foreign satellites ride Kinetica 1 on new CAS Space mission
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Dec 11, 2025 CAS Space has carried out the 11th launch of its Kinetica 1 solid-fuel carrier rocket, orbiting nine satellites from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert of northwestern China. The rocket lifted off a...
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