2025-197C

NORAD 65490· COSPAR 2025-197C· 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 2026-09-08 12:13 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Sep 5, 2025

Mass

—

Apogee

505 km

Perigee

484 km

Inclination

97.41°

Period

1.57 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for 2025-197C across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.02 km/day

Now

484 × 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

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

2025-197A · 65488
2025-197B · 65489

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