KL-BETA A

NORAD 49059· COSPAR 2021-070A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Aug 4, 2021 from Launch Complex 16, China aboard a Long March 6.

Long March 6 | KL-Beta →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:23 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

DLR

Country

Germany

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 4, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

920 km

Perigee

915 km

Inclination

89.01°

Period

1.72 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for KL-BETA A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

915 × 920 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 2021-070 (Long March 6 | KL-Beta).

KL-BETA B · 49060

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