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SHIYAN-29

NORAD 65486· COSPAR 2025-196A· Active satellite· Communications· IGSO
Launch
Launched on Sep 5, 2025 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3C/YZ-1.
Long March 3C/YZ-1 | Shiyan 29 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-22 16:43 UTC
Orbit class
IGSO — Inclined Geosynchronous (BeiDou / QZSS, figure-8 ground track)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 5, 2025
Mass
—
Apogee
35,860 km
Perigee
35,726 km
Inclination
28.95°
Period
23.93 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SHIYAN-29 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-4.2 km
Rate
-0.03 km/day
Now
35726 × 35860 km
357923586035723May 28Oct 24
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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