CZ-8 R/B
Launch
Launched on May 17, 2026 from Commercial LC-1, China aboard a Long March 8.
Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #9 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-06-16 13:16 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
CASC
Launched
May 17, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
814 km
Perigee
717 km
Inclination
89.01°
Period
1.67 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for CZ-8 R/B across 19 days of archived orbital elements (20 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-16.7 km
Rate
-0.89 km/day
Now
717 × 814 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
18 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-108 (Long March 8 | SpaceSail Polar Group #9).
- QIANFAN-145 · 69104
- QIANFAN-146 · 69105
- QIANFAN-147 · 69106
- QIANFAN-148 · 69107
- QIANFAN-149 · 69108
- QIANFAN-150 · 69109
- QIANFAN-151 · 69110
- QIANFAN-152 · 69111
- QIANFAN-153 · 69112
- QIANFAN-154 · 69113
- QIANFAN-155 · 69114
- QIANFAN-156 · 69115
- QIANFAN-157 · 69116
- QIANFAN-158 · 69117
- QIANFAN-159 · 69118
- QIANFAN-160 · 69119
- QIANFAN-161 · 69120
- QIANFAN-162 · 69121
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