CZ-2C R/B
Launch
Launched on Apr 18, 2004 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2C.
Long March 2C | Shiyan Weixing 1 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 23:17 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
CASC
Launched
Apr 18, 2004
Mass
—
Apogee
237 km
Perigee
223 km
Inclination
97.70°
Period
89.0 min
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CZ-2C R/B across 104 days of archived orbital elements (106 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-116.5 km
Rate
-1.12 km/day
Now
226 × 239 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2004-012 (Long March 2C | Shiyan Weixing 1).
- SHIYAN-1 (SY-1) · 28220
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