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NAXING 1, 28221

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NAXING 1, 28221 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

28221, 2004-012B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

Tsinghua

Mission

Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

NX, Unknown motor

Mass

25 kg wet, 25 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, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.060 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 NAXING 1
1 28221U 04012B   25127.04909316  .00003170  00000-0  23700-3 0  9997
2 28221  98.0236 134.4640 0011799  24.0396 336.1376 15.03503083146174

Epoch: 2025-05-07T01:10Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T01:10:41.649Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

-108.34905°

Altitude

551.672 km

Speed

7.59 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 57m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-39.68019°

Longitude

-100.91909°

Altitude

567.381 km

Speed

7.578 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 54m 16s

Apparent Declination

-46° 39' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

02:37:11

Azimuth

116.593° SE

Elevation

-59.948°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

561.298 km

Perigee altitude

544.941 km

Semi-major axis

6,931.257 km

Eccentricity

0.0011799

Inclination

98.0236°

RAAN

134.464°

Arg. of periapsis

24.0396°

True anomaly

336.08283°

Mean anomaly

336.1376°

Eccentric anomaly

336.11022°

Mean motion

3.76119 °/min

BSTAR

0.000237

Orbital period

95.71 mins

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

TANSUO 1, 28220

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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 DEB, 28232 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 28233 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 35417 (Decayed)

NAXING 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.
5 mins	2025-05-07 23:41:15.281Z	116.956° SE	2025-05-07 23:44:15.281Z	57.619° ENE	21.653°	2025-05-07 23:46:15.281Z	21.976° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-08 01:17:15.281Z	236.074° WSW	2025-05-08 01:18:15.281Z	257.897° W	21.193°	2025-05-08 01:21:15.281Z	313.832° NW
5 mins	2025-05-08 12:54:15.281Z	41.613° NE	2025-05-08 12:56:15.281Z	91.34° ESE	31.942°	2025-05-08 12:59:15.281Z	162.405° S

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