TJS-1, 40892
Orbit data source: Space-Track
TJS-1, 40892 is a payload satellite owned by CASC (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 12 Sep 2015 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Defense Sigint
Bus & Motor
DFH-4?, DFH-4 LAE
Mass
~4,000 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan + 1 Dish, 16.0 m
Radar Cross Section
35.403 m², Large (>1 m²)
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TLE from 1 day ago
0 TJS-1
1 40892U 15046A 26268.63294736 -.00000153 00000-0 00000-0 0 9993
2 40892 0.5746 83.8258 0003221 82.3469 221.1943 1.00271803 40571Epoch: 2026-09-25T15:11Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-25T15:11:26.651Z)
Latitude
-0.49215°
Longitude
155.00645°
Altitude
35,796.444 km
Speed
3.074 km/s
True Right ascension
01h 49m 16s
True Declination
0° 29' 30"
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
08:10:04
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
35,801.242 km
Perigee altitude
35,774.079 km
Semi-major axis
42,165.797 km
Eccentricity
0.00032
Inclination
0.5746°
RAAN
83.8258°
Arg. of periapsis
82.3469°
True anomaly
221.17°
Mean anomaly
221.1943°
Eccentric anomaly
221.18215°
Mean motion
0.25067 °/min
Orbital period
1,436.15 mins
BSTAR
0
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Other satellites on launch #46 in the year 2015 (2015-09-12 UTC)
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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