CHUANGXIN 16B (CX-16B)
Launch
Launched on Aug 23, 2022 from Mobile Launcher Pad, China aboard a Kuaizhou 1A.
Kuaizhou 1A | Chuangxin-16 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 12:42 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Aug 23, 2022
Mass
—
Apogee
422 km
Perigee
419 km
Inclination
28.99°
Period
1.55 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CHUANGXIN 16B (CX-16B) across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-4.0 km
Rate
-0.29 km/day
Now
419 × 422 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 2022-102 (Kuaizhou 1A | Chuangxin-16).
- CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A) · 53586
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