LILACSAT-2
Launch
Launched on Sep 19, 2015 from Launch Complex 16, China aboard a Long March 6.
Long March 6 | 20 Amateur satellites →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 04:13 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 19, 2015
Mass
—
Apogee
412 km
Perigee
406 km
Inclination
97.46°
Period
1.54 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for LILACSAT-2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-9.8 km
Rate
-0.10 km/day
Now
406 × 412 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.
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