XINGSHIDAI 20

NORAD 58918· COSPAR 2024-024B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Feb 3, 2024 from South China Sea (launch location 2), China aboard a Smart Dragon 3.

Smart Dragon 3 | 9 satellites →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:05 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Feb 3, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

517 km

Perigee

496 km

Inclination

97.30°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for XINGSHIDAI 20 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

496 × 517 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

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-024 (Smart Dragon 3 | 9 satellites).

NEXSAT-1 · 58921
ZHIXING-2A · 58922
WEIHAI-1 02 · 58925

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