SHIJIAN-31 (SJ-31)

NORAD 69570· COSPAR 2026-136A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· HEO

Launch

Launched on Jun 16, 2026 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.

Long March 3B/E | Shijian 31 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-15 11:49 UTC

Orbit class

HEO — Highly Elliptical (Molniya, Tundra, GTO)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 16, 2026

Mass

—

Apogee

39,902 km

Perigee

2,000 km

Inclination

63.48°

Period

12.48 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SHIJIAN-31 (SJ-31) across 90 days of archived orbital elements (53 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+2946.0 km

Rate

+32.55 km/day

Now

2000 × 39902 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 2026-136 (Long March 3B/E | Shijian 31).

CZ-3B R/B · 69571

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