SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B), 33409
Orbit data source: Space-Track
SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B), 33409 is a payload satellite owned by CASC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 25 Oct 2008 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Science
Bus & Motor
CAST-968, Unknown motor
Mass
~350 kg wet, ~350 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
2.315 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago
TLE from 1 day ago
0 SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B)
1 33409U 08053B 26172.48994554 .00000576 00000-0 45859-4 0 9994
2 33409 97.8564 192.4536 0020306 30.5624 329.6780 15.04311375963396Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:45Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:45:31.294Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
106.38374°
Altitude
544.531 km
Speed
7.597 km/s
True Right ascension
12h 49m 48s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
23:08:03
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
564.696 km
Perigee altitude
536.557 km
Semi-major axis
6,928.764 km
Eccentricity
0.00203
Inclination
97.8564°
RAAN
192.4536°
Arg. of periapsis
30.5624°
True anomaly
329.56027°
Mean anomaly
329.678°
Eccentric anomaly
329.61916°
Mean motion
3.76322 °/min
Orbital period
95.66 mins
BSTAR
0.000045859
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Other satellites on launch #53 in the year 2008 (2008-10-25 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.SHIJIAN 6 03B (SJ-6 03B) 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. |
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| 7 mins | 2026-06-22 13:51:46.071Z | 26.384° NE | 2026-06-22 13:55:46.071Z | 120.448° SE | 34.715° | 2026-06-22 13:58:46.071Z | 171.909° S |
| 5 mins | 2026-06-23 00:37:46.071Z | 113.451° SE | 2026-06-23 00:39:46.071Z | 72.729° E | 22.594° | 2026-06-23 00:42:46.071Z | 17.035° NNE |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-23 02:12:46.071Z | 227.596° WSW | 2026-06-23 02:14:46.071Z | 268.419° W | 20.168° | 2026-06-23 02:16:46.071Z | 306.347° NW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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