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SJ-11-07, 40261

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SJ-11-07, 40261 is a payload satellite owned by CNSA (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 28 Sep 2014 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C 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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Identifier

40261, 2014-059A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China National Space Administration (CN)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000?, Unknown motor

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2014-09-28 (11 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.045 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SJ-11-07
1 40261U 14059A   25343.66128244  .00001251  00000-0  25019-3 0  9991
2 40261  98.0182  53.4129 0011429  33.7520 326.4408 14.63472408597191

Epoch: 2025-12-09T15:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-09T15:52:14.802Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

96.70847°

Altitude

678.257 km

Speed

7.521 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 33m 39s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

18:57:13

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

687.118 km

Perigee altitude

670.987 km

Semi-major axis

7,057.189 km

Eccentricity

0.00114

Inclination

98.0182°

RAAN

53.4129°

Arg. of periapsis

33.752°

True anomaly

326.36832°

Mean anomaly

326.4408°

Eccentric anomaly

326.40457°

Mean motion

3.66096 °/min

Orbital period

98.33 mins

BSTAR

0.00025019

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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.
7 mins	2025-12-10 05:07:20.210Z	184.329° SSW	2025-12-10 05:10:20.210Z	239.342° WSW	39.551°	2025-12-10 05:14:20.210Z	336.076° NNW
7 mins	2025-12-10 17:04:20.210Z	38.588° NE	2025-12-10 17:07:20.210Z	91.661° ESE	29.426°	2025-12-10 17:11:20.210Z	160.411° S
5 mins	2025-12-10 18:42:20.210Z	331.824° NNW	2025-12-10 18:44:20.210Z	299.482° NW	21.216°	2025-12-10 18:47:20.210Z	250.198° W

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SJ-11-07, 40261

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-09T15:52:14.802Z)

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