2023-081A

NORAD 56846· COSPAR 2023-081A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 7, 2023 from Launch Area 130, China aboard a Kinetica 1.

Kinetica 1 | Flight 2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 06:24 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 7, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

497 km

Perigee

494 km

Inclination

97.36°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for 2023-081A across 60 days of archived orbital elements (61 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-2.1 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

494 × 497 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 2023-081 (Kinetica 1 | Flight 2).

2023-081W · 56866

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