LING QIAO, 40136
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LING QIAO, 40136 is a payload satellite owned by Tsinghua (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 04 Sep 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
Tsinghua
Mission
Operational Amateur Communications
Bus & Motor
LQ, Unknown motor
Mass
135 kg wet, 135 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 1.0 m
Radar Cross Section
1.500 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago
TLE from 14 hours ago
0 LING QIAO
1 40136U 14051A 25338.78541041 .00000155 00000-0 77007-4 0 9992
2 40136 98.7009 335.5011 0021315 25.6558 334.5677 14.30226366587211Epoch: 2025-12-04T18:50Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-04T18:50:59.459Z)
Latitude
-0.00001°
Longitude
-21.08351°
Altitude
780.106 km
Speed
7.471 km/s
True Right ascension
22h 22m 00s
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
06:43:38
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
803.394 km
Perigee altitude
772.844 km
Semi-major axis
7,166.256 km
Eccentricity
0.00213
Inclination
98.7009°
RAAN
335.5011°
Arg. of periapsis
25.6558°
True anomaly
334.46255°
Mean anomaly
334.5677°
Eccentric anomaly
334.51515°
Mean motion
3.57771 °/min
Orbital period
100.62 mins
BSTAR
0.000077007
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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 2014 (2014-09-04 UTC)
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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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| 9 mins | 2025-12-05 12:13:28.634Z | 32.723° NE | 2025-12-05 12:17:28.634Z | 91.229° ESE | 31.92° | 2025-12-05 12:22:28.634Z | 166.247° S |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-05 13:54:28.634Z | 333.654° NNW | 2025-12-05 13:57:28.634Z | 285.146° WNW | 23.063° | 2025-12-05 14:00:28.634Z | 245.377° WSW |
| 8 mins | 2025-12-05 23:31:28.634Z | 144.277° SSE | 2025-12-05 23:35:28.634Z | 56.907° ENE | 39.004° | 2025-12-05 23:39:28.634Z | 357.529° N |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-06 01:13:28.634Z | 247.298° WSW | 2025-12-06 01:14:28.634Z | 260.806° W | 15.77° | 2025-12-06 01:17:28.634Z | 300.144° NW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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