DONGPO 09

NORAD 54685· COSPAR 2022-167D· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Dec 9, 2022 from Yellow Sea (launch location 4), China aboard a Smart Dragon 3.

Smart Dragon 3 | Maiden Flight →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:33 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 9, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

456 km

Perigee

452 km

Inclination

97.70°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for DONGPO 09 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-3.4 km

Rate

-0.06 km/day

Now

452 × 456 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

6 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2022-167 (Smart Dragon 3 | Maiden Flight).

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