Satellite · NORAD 43655 · COSPAR 2018-081A
HAIYANG-2B
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
971.6km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.37km/s
Inclination
99.33°
Period
104.4 min
104.4 min
Perigee
965km
Apogee
968km
orbit freshOrbit updated 3 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 05:01 UTC (4.2 h old)· Metadata updated 3 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
- 40.357° N
- Longitude
- 38.301° W
- Altitude
- 971.6 km
- Velocity
- 7.370 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 05:01 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 24 Oct 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-081
- Launch site
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 15
- CZ-4B DEB43659DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB43660DebrisInactive
- CZ-4B DEB43661DebrisInactive
- CZ-4B DEB56085DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB56086DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB56087DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB56088DebrisInactive
- CZ-4B DEB56089DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB56090DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB56160DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB56161DebrisDecayed
- CZ-4B DEB57396DebrisDecayed
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 3 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 17 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 09:09 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
- 43655
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-081A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RY7
- Canonical slug
- haiyang-2b-43655
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Earth observation) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.