2024-085C

NORAD 59679· COSPAR 2024-085C· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on May 7, 2024 from Launch Complex 9A, China aboard a Long March 6C.

Long March 6C | Maiden Flight →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:35 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 7, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

478 km

Perigee

445 km

Inclination

97.32°

Period

1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for 2024-085C across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-3.2 km

Rate

-0.05 km/day

Now

445 × 478 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 2024-085 (Long March 6C | Maiden Flight).

2024-085D · 59680

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