Satellite · NORAD 53586 · COSPAR 2022-102A
CHUANGXIN 16A (CX-16A)
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
544.5km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.59km/s
Inclination
28.99°
Period
95.6 min
95.6 min
Perigee
545km
Apogee
551km
orbit freshOrbit updated 6 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:54 UTC (10.4 h old)· Metadata updated 6 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 8.198° S
- Longitude
- 150.481° W
- Altitude
- 544.5 km
- Velocity
- 7.594 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 20:54 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 23 Aug 2022
- COSPAR launch id
- 2022-102
- Launch site
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 1
- CHUANGXIN 16B (CX-16B)53876PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → CN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → PRC | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 7 min ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 12 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 12 Sept 2026 07:07 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 53586
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2022-102A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SXDAYT9HHBMMB3ZMT4P
- Canonical slug
- chuangxin-16a-cx-16a-53586
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.