Satellite · NORAD 26481 · COSPAR 2000-050A
JB-3 1 (ZY 2A)
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
—
object decayed
Velocity
—
Inclination
97.14°
Period
87.3 min
87.3 min
Perigee
137km
Apogee
145km
orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 11 Mar 2016.· Metadata updated 11 h ago
Live position
Live position
Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 11 Mar 2016 and is no longer tracked.
Mission
Mission & classification
- Mission type derived
- Unknown
- Object type
- Payload
- SATCAT ops status
- Decayed [D]
- Radar cross-section
- 5.1 m²
CelesTrak groups
Not listed in any CelesTrak group.
Aliases
- JB-3 1 (ZY 2A)Celestrak Satcat
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 01 Sept 2000
- COSPAR launch id
- 2000-050
- Launch site
- Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 1
- CZ-4B R/B26482Rocket bodyDecayed
Change log
History
No changes recorded since first ingestion on 11 Sept 2026 18:54 UTC. Status, orbit class, name and ownership changes are logged here as sources are re-ingested.
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
No source is linked to this record yet — the catalogue row exists but no provenance entry has been written for it.
Field provenance
No field-level provenance recorded.
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
- 26481
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2000-050A
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X3JQE9ED0E05F5Y91B5SK
- Canonical slug
- jb-3-1-zy-2a-26481
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.