ZHONGXING-26
Launch
Launched on Feb 23, 2023 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.
Long March 3B/E | ChinaSat 26 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:16 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Feb 23, 2023
Mass
—
Apogee
35,805 km
Perigee
35,784 km
Inclination
0.06°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for ZHONGXING-26 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.0 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35784 × 35805 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.
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