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CHINASAT 11, 39157

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHINASAT 11, 39157 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 01 May 2013 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

39157, 2013-020A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (China) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST?

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-4?, DFH-4 LAE

Mass

5,234 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2013-05-01 (12 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, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

34.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 11
1 39157U 13020A   25158.87611248 -.00000273  00000-0  00000+0 0  9991
2 39157   0.0181 359.2264 0001968  23.4111 287.1752  1.00274523 44390

Epoch: 2025-06-07T21:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-07T21:01:36.118Z)

Latitude

-0.02196°

Longitude

97.87425°

Altitude

35,782.914 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 39m 08s

True Declination

0° 01' 19"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.03081°

Longitude

-172.63375°

Altitude

35,777.385 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 27m 42s

Apparent Declination

-4° 57' 14"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:05:00

Azimuth

326.527° NNW

Elevation

-50.384°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,795.196 km

Perigee altitude

35,778.6 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.035 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

0.0181°

RAAN

359.2264°

Arg. of periapsis

23.4111°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

287.1752°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25068 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.11 mins

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