SJ-9B
Launch
Launched on Oct 14, 2012 from Launch Complex 9, China aboard a Long March 2C/SMA.
Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 06:06 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Oct 14, 2012
Mass
—
Apogee
608 km
Perigee
586 km
Inclination
97.61°
Period
1.61 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for SJ-9B across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.5 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
586 × 608 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 2012-056 (Long March 2C/SMA | Shijian 9A & Shijian 9B).
- SJ-9A · 38860
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