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TIANTUO 2, 40144 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANTUO 2, 40144 was a payload satellite owned by NUDT Changsha (CN) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 08 Sep 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

40144, 2014-053B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

6 months ago

Origin

National University of Defense Technology (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

NUDT Changsha

Mission

Decayed Amateur Technology

Bus & Motor

TT2, Unknown motor

Mass

67 kg wet, 67 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-09-08 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.685 m

Radar Cross Section

0.587 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 6 months ago

0 TIANTUO 2
1 40144U 14053B   25028.86647704  .12021452  24251-5  73766-4 0  9994
2 40144  97.0658 122.8215 0011882 260.3930  99.6035 16.54085112583623

Epoch: 2025-01-28T20:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-01-28T20:47:43.616Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

42.52369°

Altitude

133.179 km

Speed

7.825 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 11m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

133.102 km

Perigee altitude

117.647 km

Semi-major axis

6,503.512 km

Eccentricity

0.00119

Inclination

97.0658°

RAAN

122.8215°

Arg. of periapsis

260.393°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

99.6035°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

4.13829 °/min

Orbital period

86.99 mins

BSTAR

0.000073766

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TIANTUO 2 Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

This satellite is decayed

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