Shi Jian 9B

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/38861

  • SJ-9B
  • NORAD 38861
  • 2012-056B
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Shi Jian 9B is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Arctic Ocean

Orbit ends over the Arctic Ocean

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In view from you

Nobody watches Shi Jian 9B go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for Shi Jian 9B, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

Summary

Over Antarctica LIVE

Where is Shi Jian 9B?

At 9:45:16 AM UTC Shi Jian 9B was over Antarctica (73.7° S, 124.6° E), 631 km up, moving at 7.54 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Shi Jian 9B?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Oct 14, 2012.

Can I see Shi Jian 9B?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Shi Jian 9B, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
China Resources Satellite Applications Center (CRESDA)
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Spaceflight East Is Red Satellite Co
Launched
Mass
260 kg
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
9:45 AM UTC
Station time (UTC)
9:45 AM UTC
Latitude / longitude
73.7° S, 124.6° E
Altitude
631 km
Speed
7.54 km/s (27,130 km/h)
Course
north-west
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
97.6°
Orbital period
96.5 minutes
Orbits per day
14.92
This orbit
578 to 601 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 1,820 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 4:23 PM, 17 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 4:23 PM, 17 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Shi Jian 9B, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Shi Jian 9B has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 9, 2026, 5:39 AM, 2 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Launched with

Shi Jian 9B shares its launch, 2012-056, with 2 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
SJ-9ASatellite
CZ-2C DEBDebris

Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 4:23 PM, 17 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SJ-9B",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-056B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T16:23:05.471808",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.91758354,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00167472,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6158,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 291.7032,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 93.3983,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 266.9152,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38861,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 76126,
  "BSTAR": 0.00023413599,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.0000231,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}