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Satellite · NORAD 46469 · COSPAR 2020-066A

HAIYANG-2C

ActivePayloadLEOEarth observation derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation
  • Country China

Altitude now

952.2km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.38km/s

Inclination

66.00°

Period

104.1 min

104.1 min

Perigee

948km

Apogee

956km

orbit freshOrbit updated 2 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 05:00 UTC (4.3 h old)· Metadata updated 2 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.

Ground track of HAIYANG-2CHAIYANG-2C
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Latitude
2.480° N
Longitude
45.679° E
Altitude
952.2 km
Velocity
7.377 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 05:00 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Earth observation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • HAIYANG-2CCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
21 Sept 2020
COSPAR launch id
2020-066

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeCNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodePRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources
  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 2 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 16 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 09:09 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All 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
46469
COSPAR / international designator
2020-066A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX2MW147E7D5J081A7T
Canonical slug
haiyang-2c-46469

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.