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Satellite · NORAD 41556 · COSPAR 2016-033A

ZIYUAN 3-02 (ZY 3-02)

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

Altitude now

514.9km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.60km/s

Inclination

97.38°

Period

94.7 min

94.7 min

Perigee

493km

Apogee

511km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:49 UTC (7.1 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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 ZIYUAN 3-02 (ZY 3-02)ZIYUAN 3-02 (ZY 3-02)
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Latitude
5.392° S
Longitude
171.801° W
Altitude
514.9 km
Velocity
7.601 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:49 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Earth observation
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
4.6 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • ZIYUAN 3-02 (ZY 3-02)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
30 May 2016
COSPAR launch id
2016-033

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 6 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 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 ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 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
41556
COSPAR / international designator
2016-033A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWY7BJXFXBAARKWTGXW
Canonical slug
ziyuan-3-02-zy-3-02-41556

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.