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TIANHUI 1-03, 40988

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANHUI 1-03, 40988 is a payload satellite owned by G. Cehui dili (CN) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 26 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

40988, 2015-061A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000?, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,000 kg wet, ~1,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-10-26 (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, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.045 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 18 hours ago

TLE from 18 hours ago

0 TIANHUI 1-03
1 40988U 15061A   25257.55616492  .00514194  13174-3  65320-3 0  9993
2 40988  97.5154  55.9687 0006606 229.6536 130.4170 16.07406762551672

Epoch: 2025-09-14T13:20Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-14T13:20:52.649Z)

Latitude

0.00006°

Longitude

-138.02416°

Altitude

260.014 km

Speed

7.749 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 43m 52s

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

23:30:51

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

255.201 km

Perigee altitude

246.443 km

Semi-major axis

6,628.959 km

Eccentricity

0.00066

Inclination

97.5154°

RAAN

55.9687°

Arg. of periapsis

229.6536°

True anomaly

130.4746°

Mean anomaly

130.417°

Eccentric anomaly

130.4458°

Mean motion

4.02138 °/min

Orbital period

89.52 mins

BSTAR

0.0006532

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TIANHUI 1-03, 40988

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-14T13:20:52.649Z)

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Other satellites on launch #61 in the year 2015 (2015-10-26 UTC)

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