DONGPO 08

NORAD 54686· COSPAR 2022-167E· 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 2026-09-08 14:29 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Dec 9, 2022

Mass

—

Apogee

470 km

Perigee

460 km

Inclination

97.69°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for DONGPO 08 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.7 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

460 × 470 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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