Key statistics
Satellite OBJECT D at a glance.
Uptime
28
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.6
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for OBJECT D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: OBJECT D
International designator: 2025-292D
Object number (NORAD): 66996
Object ID (CCSDS): 66996
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.694 minutes
Inclination: 97.6497 deg
SMA: 6930.272 km
Apoapsis: 562.165 km
Periapsis: 542.11 km
RAAN: 82.9327 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00144692
Argument of periapsis: 189.5754 deg
Mean anomaly: 170.5198 deg
Mean motion: 15.04794848 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000561 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00040096567 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Jan. 5, 2026, 6 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Jan. 5, 2026, 2:44 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 OBJECT D
TLE line 1: 1 66996U 25292D 26005.61419548 .00005610 00000-0 40097-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 66996 97.6497 82.9327 0014469 189.5754 170.5198 15.04794848 3985
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite OBJECT D.
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 D 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 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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