CSS (MENGTIAN) is a payload in LEO orbit, operated by China Manned Space Engineering Office, launched 2022.
| Orbit class | LEO |
| Inclination | 41.4676° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0002918 |
| Period | 92.4 min |
| Apogee | 395 km |
| Perigee | 391 km |
| Mean motion | 15.58022104 rev/day |
| RAAN | 201.0525° |
| Arg of perigee | 274.9275° |
| Mean anomaly | 85.1230° |
| B* | 1.3579e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 29,636 |
1 54216U 22143A 26188.07426075 .00010162 00000-0 13579-3 0 99942 54216 41.4676 201.0525 0002918 274.9275 85.1230 15.58022104296362{
"OBJECT_NAME": "CSS (MENGTIAN)",
"OBJECT_ID": "2022-143A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T01:46:56.129+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 15.58022104,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0002918,
"INCLINATION": 41.4676,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 201.0525,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 274.9275,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 85.123,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 54216,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 29636,
"BSTAR": 0.00013579,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00010162,
"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.
| Name | CSS (MENGTIAN) |
| Operator | China Manned Space Engineering OfficeHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | China |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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