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CHINASAT 1C, 41103

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHINASAT 1C, 41103 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 09 Dec 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

41103, 2015-073A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (China) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST?

Mission

Non-operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-4?, DFH-4 LAE

Mass

~5,000 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-12-09 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

34.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 1C
1 41103U 15073A   25128.72900735 -.00000156  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 41103   6.0783  73.6617 0004361 173.1262  59.7480  0.99171660 34538

Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:29Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T17:29:46.235Z)

Latitude

-4.84106°

Longitude

177.19068°

Altitude

36,088.833 km

Speed

3.064 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 25m 42s

True Declination

-4° 50' 10"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

4.40356°

Longitude

-9.23874°

Altitude

36,107.905 km

Speed

3.063 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 33m 29s

Apparent Declination

-1° 06' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:18:50

Azimuth

266.795° W

Elevation

2.092°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,117.417 km

Perigee altitude

36,080.369 km

Semi-major axis

42,477.03 km

Eccentricity

0.0004361

Inclination

6.0783°

RAAN

73.6617°

Arg. of periapsis

173.1262°

True anomaly

59.79118°

Mean anomaly

59.748°

Eccentric anomaly

59.76959°

Mean motion

0.24792 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1452.08 mins

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