CHINASAT 16 (SJ-13)
Launch
Launched on Apr 12, 2017 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 3B.
Long March 3B | Shijian-13/Chinasat-16 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:35 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Apr 12, 2017
Mass
—
Apogee
35,825 km
Perigee
35,763 km
Inclination
0.10°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CHINASAT 16 (SJ-13) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.9 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35762 × 35826 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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