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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

37150, 2010-042A

Orbit

GEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Non-operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-4, FY

Mass

5,100 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2010-09-04 (15 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 7.8 m

Radar Cross Section

19.960 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 20 hours ago

TLE from 20 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 6A
1 37150U 10042A   25256.20927740 -.00000036  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 37150   3.5054  80.7119 0002304 148.1646  97.1699  0.99693487 55118

Epoch: 2025-09-13T05:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-13T05:01:21.567Z)

Latitude

-3.17982°

Longitude

-101.76658°

Altitude

35,950.721 km

Speed

3.069 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 44m 04s

True Declination

-3° 10' 36"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

17:54:24

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,960.309 km

Perigee altitude

35,940.804 km

Semi-major axis

42,328.694 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

3.5054°

RAAN

80.7119°

Arg. of periapsis

148.1646°

True anomaly

97.19609°

Mean anomaly

97.1699°

Eccentric anomaly

97.183°

Mean motion

0.24922 °/min

Orbital period

1,444.48 mins

BSTAR

0

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Other satellites on launch #42 in the year 2010 (2010-09-04 UTC)

CZ-3B DEB, 42459

CZ-3B DEB, 42460

CZ-3B DEB, 42461

CZ-3B DEB, 42462

CZ-3B DEB, 42463

CZ-3B DEB, 42464

CZ-3B DEB, 42465

CZ-3B DEB, 48542

CZ-3B DEB, 52965

CZ-3B R/B, 37151 (Decayed)

CZ-3B DEB, 38748

CZ-3B DEB, 39332

CZ-3B DEB, 39333

CZ-3B DEB, 39334

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CHINASAT 6A 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.
1440 mins	2025-09-14 01:21:44.991Z	177.526° S	2025-09-14 18:49:44.991Z	179.883° S	36.531°	2025-09-15 01:21:44.991Z	180.728° SSW

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Check out CHINASAT 6A, 37150 on other resources

View CHINASAT 6A, 37150 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

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View CHINASAT 6A, 37150 on Celestrak

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