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CHINASAT 1A, 37804

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHINASAT 1A, 37804 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 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

37804, 2011-047A

Orbit

GEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (PLA) (CN)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-4, FY

Mass

5,320 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2011-09-17 (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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TLE from 15 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 1A
1 37804U 11047A   26297.20958384  .00000132  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 37804   4.0433  76.6679 0002520 213.6884 202.6948  1.00037795 28621

Epoch: 2026-10-24T05:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-24T05:01:48.043Z)

Latitude

3.34434°

Longitude

24.86405°

Altitude

35,861.219 km

Speed

3.072 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 51m 43s

True Declination

3° 20' 27"

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

15:26:04

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,864.022 km

Perigee altitude

35,842.737 km

Semi-major axis

42,231.517 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

4.0433°

RAAN

76.6679°

Arg. of periapsis

213.6884°

True anomaly

202.68366°

Mean anomaly

202.6948°

Eccentric anomaly

202.68923°

Mean motion

0.25009 °/min

Orbital period

1,439.51 mins

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CHINASAT 1A, 37804

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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