GEESAT-5 01
Launch
Launched on Sep 8, 2025 from Rizhao offshore launch location, China aboard a Smart Dragon 3.
Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 05 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 14:43 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 8, 2025
Mass
—
Apogee
625 km
Perigee
621 km
Inclination
49.99°
Period
1.62 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for GEESAT-5 01 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
621 × 625 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
10 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2025-201 (Smart Dragon 3 | Geely Constellation Group 05).
- GEESAT-5 02 · 65551
- GEESAT-5 03 · 65552
- GEESAT-5 04 · 65553
- GEESAT-5 05 · 65554
- GEESAT-5 06 · 65555
- GEESAT-5 07 · 65556
- GEESAT-5 08 · 65557
- GEESAT-5 09 · 65558
- GEESAT-5 10 · 65559
- GEESAT-5 11 · 65560
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