LINGQIAO VIDEO A, 40959
Orbit data source: Space-Track
LINGQIAO VIDEO A, 40959 is a payload satellite owned by Changguang WJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 07 Oct 2015 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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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
HARB/CIOMP
Mission
Operational Commercial Imaging
Bus & Motor
JL-1, Unknown motor
Mass
95 kg wet, 95 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.8 m
Radar Cross Section
2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 23 hours ago
TLE from 23 hours ago
0 LINGQIAO VIDEO A
1 40959U 15057B 26172.49298794 .00001107 00000-0 16223-3 0 9991
2 40959 97.6624 167.0831 0015147 254.8989 105.0546 14.77399397576044Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:49Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:49:54.158Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
79.91498°
Altitude
643.346 km
Speed
7.535 km/s
True Right ascension
11h 08m 19s
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
21:35:26
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
645.201 km
Perigee altitude
623.957 km
Semi-major axis
7,012.716 km
Eccentricity
0.00151
Inclination
97.6624°
RAAN
167.0831°
Arg. of periapsis
254.8989°
True anomaly
105.22213°
Mean anomaly
105.0546°
Eccentric anomaly
105.13837°
Mean motion
3.69585 °/min
Orbital period
97.41 mins
BSTAR
0.00016223
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Other satellites on launch #57 in the year 2015 (2015-10-07 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.LINGQIAO VIDEO A Visibility forecast
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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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| 7 mins | 2026-06-22 12:47:24.181Z | 1.426° NNE | 2026-06-22 12:50:24.181Z | 294.546° NW | 41.257° | 2026-06-22 12:54:24.181Z | 206.544° SW |
| 7 mins | 2026-06-22 23:43:24.181Z | 169.29° S | 2026-06-22 23:46:24.181Z | 252.745° W | 44.896° | 2026-06-22 23:50:24.181Z | 346.464° N |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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