DAMPE, 41173
Orbit data source: Space-Track
DAMPE, 41173 is a payload satellite owned by CAS (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 17 Dec 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
DFHZ?
Mission
Operational Civil Astronomy
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000?, AOCS
Mass
1,860 kg wet, ~1,860 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
5.141 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 23 hours ago
TLE from 23 hours ago
0 DAMPE
1 41173U 15078A 26172.48268366 .00001108 00000-0 39752-4 0 9998
2 41173 97.4560 177.9713 0013678 64.0431 296.2218 15.30794927585204Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:35Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:35:03.868Z)
Latitude
0.00005°
Longitude
94.52286°
Altitude
472.411 km
Speed
7.632 km/s
True Right ascension
11h 51m 53s
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
21:28:40
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
479.76 km
Perigee altitude
461.025 km
Semi-major axis
6,848.53 km
Eccentricity
0.00137
Inclination
97.456°
RAAN
177.9713°
Arg. of periapsis
64.0431°
True anomaly
296.08109°
Mean anomaly
296.2218°
Eccentric anomaly
296.15145°
Mean motion
3.82954 °/min
Orbital period
94.01 mins
BSTAR
0.000039752
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Other satellites on launch #78 in the year 2015 (2015-12-17 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.DAMPE 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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| 6 mins | 2026-06-22 13:14:39.961Z | 13.026° NNE | 2026-06-22 13:17:39.961Z | 163.059° S | 44.793° | 2026-06-22 13:20:39.961Z | 191.701° SSW |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-22 23:49:39.961Z | 108.341° ESE | 2026-06-22 23:50:39.961Z | 82.752° E | 23.449° | 2026-06-22 23:53:39.961Z | 15.963° NNE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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