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Satellite · NORAD 40311 · COSPAR 2014-073A

KUAIZHOU-2 (KZ-2)

DecayedPayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation —
  • Country China

Altitude now

—

object decayed

Velocity

—

Inclination

96.46°

Period

87.5 min

87.5 min

Perigee

141km

Apogee

156km

orbit unavailableNo orbital element set on file — decayed 09 Oct 2016.· Metadata updated 17 h ago

Live position

Live position

Live position unavailable — this object re-entered the atmosphere on 09 Oct 2016 and is no longer tracked.

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Decayed [D]
Radar cross-section
2.1 m²

CelesTrak groups

Not listed in any CelesTrak group.

Aliases

  • KUAIZHOU-2 (KZ-2)Celestrak Satcat

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
21 Nov 2014
COSPAR launch id
2014-073
Launch site
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch

No other catalogued object is linked to this launch.

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

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

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

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

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
40311
COSPAR / international designator
2014-073A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X3JTHZY02BZ8VDSM34GE2
Canonical slug
kuaizhou-2-kz-2-40311

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.