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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

40959, 2015-057B

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (CN)

Manufacturer

HARB/CIOMP

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

JL-1, Unknown motor

Mass

95 kg wet, 95 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-10-07 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 19 hours ago

TLE from 19 hours ago

0 LINGQIAO VIDEO A
1 40959U 15057B   25249.25791528  .00001355  00000-0  19961-3 0  9999
2 40959  97.6551 253.3807 0018475 110.7747 249.5445 14.76768910533498

Epoch: 2025-09-06T06:11Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-06T06:11:23.88Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

174.93688°

Altitude

647.119 km

Speed

7.532 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 53m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

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

17:34:02

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

649.536 km

Perigee altitude

623.616 km

Semi-major axis

7,014.713 km

Eccentricity

0.00185

Inclination

97.6551°

RAAN

253.3807°

Arg. of periapsis

110.7747°

True anomaly

249.3463°

Mean anomaly

249.5445°

Eccentric anomaly

249.44538°

Mean motion

3.69427 °/min

Orbital period

97.45 mins

BSTAR

0.00019961

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Other satellites on launch #57 in the year 2015 (2015-10-07 UTC)

LQSAT, 40958

LINGQIAO VIDEO B, 40960

JILIN 1, 40961

CZ-2D DEB, 44601 (Decayed)

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.
4 mins	2025-09-07 12:03:57.942Z	63.854° ENE	2025-09-07 12:05:57.942Z	93.399° ESE	14.192°	2025-09-07 12:07:57.942Z	122.186° SE
6 mins	2025-09-07 13:39:57.942Z	351.112° N	2025-09-07 13:42:57.942Z	271.556° WNW	35.232°	2025-09-07 13:45:57.942Z	217.931° SW
7 mins	2025-09-08 00:35:57.942Z	181.395° SSW	2025-09-08 00:38:57.942Z	259.156° W	41.876°	2025-09-08 00:42:57.942Z	340.476° N