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BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA), 28890

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA), 28890 is a payload satellite owned by BLMIT (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). 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

28890, 2005-043A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Beijing yushi lantu xinxijishu youxiangongsi (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SSTL

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SSTL-150?, Unknown motor

Mass

150 kg wet, 150 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-10-27 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.9 m

Radar Cross Section

1.125 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA)
1 28890U 05043A   25189.21875518  .00000209  00000-0  49957-4 0  9990
2 28890  98.2461 316.5742 0013380 278.9566  81.0121 14.63178328 50321

Epoch: 2025-07-08T05:15Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T05:15:00.447Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-48.59455°

Altitude

684.454 km

Speed

7.515 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 06m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

50.63845°

Longitude

141.75579°

Altitude

699.178 km

Speed

7.507 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 21m 06s

Apparent Declination

8° 25' 27"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:51:46

Azimuth

10.09° NNE

Elevation

-41.142°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

689.453 km

Perigee altitude

670.565 km

Semi-major axis

7,058.146 km

Eccentricity

0.00134

Inclination

98.2461°

RAAN

316.5742°

Arg. of periapsis

278.9566°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

81.0121°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.66022 °/min

Orbital period

98.35 mins

BSTAR

0.000049957

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BEIJING 1 (TSINGHUA) 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.
7 mins	2025-07-08 20:36:40.410Z	42.912° NE	2025-07-08 20:39:40.410Z	90.004° ESE	24.677°	2025-07-08 20:43:40.410Z	152.927° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-08 22:14:40.410Z	337.847° N	2025-07-08 22:17:40.410Z	280.528° WNW	25.302°	2025-07-08 22:20:40.410Z	236.312° WSW
6 mins	2025-07-09 07:39:40.410Z	115.528° SE	2025-07-09 07:42:40.410Z	62.911° ENE	24.431°	2025-07-09 07:45:40.410Z	16.245° NNE
7 mins	2025-07-09 09:16:40.410Z	211.333° SW	2025-07-09 09:19:40.410Z	263.534° W	26.01°	2025-07-09 09:23:40.410Z	323.868° NNW

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