ZHIXING-2A

NORAD 58922· COSPAR 2024-024F· 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 2026-10-23 23:16 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Feb 3, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

505 km

Perigee

491 km

Inclination

97.29°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ZHIXING-2A across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-2.5 km

Rate

-0.04 km/day

Now

491 × 505 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).

XINGSHIDAI 20 · 58918
NEXSAT-1 · 58921
WEIHAI-1 02 · 58925

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