CHINASAT 6A, 37150
Orbit data source: Space-Track
CHINASAT 6A, 37150 is a payload satellite owned by China Satcom (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 04 Sep 2010 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Non-operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
DFH-4, FY
Mass
5,100 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 7.8 m
Radar Cross Section
19.960 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago
TLE from 10 hours ago
0 CHINASAT 6A
1 37150U 10042A 25302.42544742 -.00000181 00000-0 00000+0 0 9997
2 37150 3.6257 80.1133 0003615 174.8534 99.3357 0.99707155 55575Epoch: 2025-10-29T10:12Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-29T10:12:38.657Z)
Latitude
-3.60231°
Longitude
163.15692°
Altitude
35,948.208 km
Speed
3.069 km/s
True Right ascension
23h 37m 16s
True Declination
-3° 35' 55"
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
15:16:32
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,961.988 km
Perigee altitude
35,931.388 km
Semi-major axis
42,324.825 km
Eccentricity
0.00036
Inclination
3.6257°
RAAN
80.1133°
Arg. of periapsis
174.8534°
True anomaly
99.37657°
Mean anomaly
99.3357°
Eccentric anomaly
99.35614°
Mean motion
0.24926 °/min
Orbital period
1,444.28 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #42 in the year 2010 (2010-09-04 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.CHINASAT 6A Visibility
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Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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