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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

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

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 (23 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, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.043 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 TANSUO 1
1 28220U 04012A   26297.23182373  .00013560  00000-0  37808-3 0  9990
2 28220  97.8628  23.9235 0003998 282.8434  77.2362 15.36895478230895

Epoch: 2026-10-24T05:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-24T05:33:49.570Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-92.17402°

Altitude

457.793 km

Speed

7.638 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 35m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

07:11:46

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

454.991 km

Perigee altitude

449.529 km

Semi-major axis

6,830.397 km

Eccentricity

0.0004

Inclination

97.8628°

RAAN

23.9235°

Arg. of periapsis

282.8434°

True anomaly

77.28089°

Mean anomaly

77.2362°

Eccentric anomaly

77.25854°

Mean motion

3.8448 °/min

Orbital period

93.63 mins

BSTAR

0.00037808

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Other satellites on launch #12 in the year 2004 (2004-04-18 UTC)

CZ-2C DEB, 28232 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 28233 (Decayed)

NAXING 1, 28221

CZ-2C DEB, 28223 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 28224 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 28225 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 28226 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 28227 (Decayed)

CZ-2C R/B, 28222 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 35417 (Decayed)

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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	2026-10-24 18:37:37.730Z	22.534° NE	2026-10-24 18:40:37.730Z	125.809° SE	57.212°	2026-10-24 18:43:37.730Z	181.771° SSW
4 mins	2026-10-25 06:42:37.730Z	231.816° WSW	2026-10-25 06:43:37.730Z	254.547° W	20.657°	2026-10-25 06:46:37.730Z	314.964° NW

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TANSUO 1, 28220

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-24T05:33:49.570Z)

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Other satellites on launch #12 in the year 2004 (2004-04-18 UTC)

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