▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	97.7619°
Eccentricity	0.0007361
Period	94.9 min
Apogee	520 km
Perigee	510 km
Mean motion	15.16920306 rev/day
RAAN	206.3478°
Arg of perigee	41.4091°
Mean anomaly	318.7698°
B*	1.8253e-4
Rev at epoch	87,789

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 36596U 10027A 26188.18058063 .00003529 00000-0 18253-3 0 9996

2 36596 97.7619 206.3478 0007361 41.4091 318.7698 15.16920306877890

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SJ-12",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2010-027A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:20:02.166+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.16920306,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0007361,
  "INCLINATION": 97.7619,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 206.3478,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 41.4091,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 318.7698,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 36596,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 87789,
  "BSTAR": 0.00018253,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00003529,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	SJ-12
Operator	China Aerospace CorpHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	China
Launch date	Jun 15, 2010HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	1000HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.