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Satellite · NORAD 48621 · COSPAR 2021-043A

HAIYANG-2D

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

Altitude now

959.9km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.37km/s

Inclination

66.00°

Period

104.1 min

104.1 min

Perigee

944km

Apogee

960km

orbit freshOrbit updated 1 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 04:34 UTC (5.9 h old)· Metadata updated 1 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-2DHAIYANG-2D
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Latitude
36.163° N
Longitude
100.248° E
Altitude
959.9 km
Velocity
7.374 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 04:34 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • HAIYANG-2DCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
19 May 2021
COSPAR launch id
2021-043

Objects from the same launch · 4

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 1 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
48621
COSPAR / international designator
2021-043A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX57R7B6X2WE9BTPA07
Canonical slug
haiyang-2d-48621

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.

HAIYANG-2D — Live Orbit, NORAD 48621 | SatelliteIndex