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LINGQIAO VIDEO B, 40960

Orbit data source: Space-Track

LINGQIAO VIDEO B, 40960 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

40960, 2015-057C

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: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 LINGQIAO VIDEO B
1 40960U 15057C   25249.31876375  .00001377  00000-0  20244-3 0  9992
2 40960  97.6539 254.6562 0018631 110.6724 249.6486 14.76842642533543

Epoch: 2025-09-06T07:39Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-06T07:39:01.188Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

154.24695°

Altitude

646.902 km

Speed

7.532 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 58m 37s

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

17:27:27

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

649.411 km

Perigee altitude

623.274 km

Semi-major axis

7,014.479 km

Eccentricity

0.00186

Inclination

97.6539°

RAAN

254.6562°

Arg. of periapsis

110.6724°

True anomaly

249.44859°

Mean anomaly

249.6486°

Eccentric anomaly

249.54858°

Mean motion

3.69445 °/min

Orbital period

97.44 mins

BSTAR

0.00020244

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

LQSAT, 40958

LINGQIAO VIDEO A, 40959

JILIN 1, 40961

CZ-2D DEB, 44601 (Decayed)

LINGQIAO VIDEO B 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 01:40:24.082Z	236.443° WSW	2025-09-07 01:42:24.082Z	264.391° W	14.065°	2025-09-07 01:44:24.082Z	294.071° NW
6 mins	2025-09-07 13:30:24.082Z	1.518° NNE	2025-09-07 13:32:24.082Z	319.828° NNW	41.961°	2025-09-07 13:36:24.082Z	203.463° SW
7 mins	2025-09-08 00:26:24.082Z	164.959° S	2025-09-08 00:29:24.082Z	358.611° N	44.097°	2025-09-08 00:33:24.082Z	348.573° N