DEAR-5
Launch
Launched on Dec 13, 2025 from Launch Area 95A, China aboard a Kuaizhou 11.
Kuaizhou 11 | DEAR-5 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 08:51 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 13, 2025
Mass
—
Apogee
527 km
Perigee
468 km
Inclination
41.36°
Period
1.57 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for DEAR-5 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-24.0 km
Rate
-1.73 km/day
Now
468 × 527 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 2025-296 (Kuaizhou 11 | DEAR-5).
- XIWANG-5 02 · 67069
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