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TANSUO 1, 28220

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TANSUO 1, 28220 is a payload satellite owned by CASC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 18 Apr 2004 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

28220, 2004-012A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH/HARB

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SY, Unknown motor

Mass

204 kg wet, 204 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2004-04-18 (21 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 3 m

Radar Cross Section

2.043 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 TANSUO 1
1 28220U 04012A   25127.08755819  .00011312  00000-0  49095-3 0  9999
2 28220  97.9203 176.3821 0007045  14.1550 345.9881 15.22494792149272

Epoch: 2025-05-07T02:06Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T02:06:05.027Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-80.31628°

Altitude

496.696 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 45m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-67.79501°

Longitude

80.61079°

Altitude

526.461 km

Speed

7.597 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 08m 00s

Apparent Declination

-66° 11' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

03:00:56

Azimuth

203.807° SW

Elevation

-58.24°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

500.146 km

Perigee altitude

490.461 km

Semi-major axis

6,873.441 km

Eccentricity

0.0007045

Inclination

97.9203°

RAAN

176.3821°

Arg. of periapsis

14.155°

True anomaly

345.96854°

Mean anomaly

345.9881°

Eccentric anomaly

345.97832°

Mean motion

3.80874 °/min

BSTAR

0.00049095

Orbital period

94.52 mins

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CZ-2C DEB, 28227 (Decayed)

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CZ-2C DEB, 35417 (Decayed)

TANSUO 1 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
6 mins	2025-05-08 03:27:56.125Z	179.803° S	2025-05-08 03:30:56.125Z	274.103° WNW	40.969°	2025-05-08 03:33:56.125Z	338.93° N
6 mins	2025-05-08 16:30:56.125Z	356.458° N	2025-05-08 16:33:56.125Z	280.55° WNW	35.263°	2025-05-08 16:36:56.125Z	215.351° SW

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