2025-197B

NORAD 65489· COSPAR 2025-197B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Sep 5, 2025 from Launch Area 95A, China aboard a Ceres-1.

Ceres-1 | 3 satellites →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 18:52 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 5, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

517 km

Perigee

501 km

Inclination

97.41°

Period

1.58 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for 2025-197B across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Decaying

Change

-1.1 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

501 × 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

2 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-197 (Ceres-1 | 3 satellites).

2025-197A · 65488
2025-197C · 65490

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