2022-098C

NORAD 53446· COSPAR 2022-098C· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Aug 10, 2022 from Launch Complex 16, China aboard a Long March 6.

Long March 6 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-09, 35 to 43 & Infrared A01 to 06 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:16 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 10, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

266 km

Perigee

259 km

Inclination

97.57°

Period

89.6 min

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for 2022-098C across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-74.5 km

Rate

-1.26 km/day

Now

260 × 267 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

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-098 (Long March 6 | Jilin-1 High Resolution 03D-09, 35 to 43 & Infrared A01 to 06).

DONGPO 07 · 53444
JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D09 · 53445
JILIN-1 GAOFEN 03D43 · 53448
DONGPO 02 · 53452
DONGPO 01 · 53453

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