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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

41173, 2015-078A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (CN)

Manufacturer

DFHZ?

Mission

Operational Civil Astronomy

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000?, AOCS

Mass

1,860 kg wet, ~1,860 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-12-17 (11 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, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

5.141 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 DAMPE
1 41173U 15078A   26284.57918892  .00001225  00000-0  43395-4 0  9996
2 41173  97.4595 290.6672 0012940  29.9379 330.2599 15.31028230602356

Epoch: 2026-10-11T13:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-11T13:54:01.922Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

61.98926°

Altitude

468.151 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 22m 40s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

21:19:19

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

478.558 km

Perigee altitude

460.836 km

Semi-major axis

6,847.834 km

Eccentricity

0.00129

Inclination

97.4595°

RAAN

290.6672°

Arg. of periapsis

29.9379°

True anomaly

330.18624°

Mean anomaly

330.2599°

Eccentric anomaly

330.22308°

Mean motion

3.83013 °/min

Orbital period

93.99 mins

BSTAR

0.000043395

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Other satellites on launch #78 in the year 2015 (2015-12-17 UTC)

CZ-2D DEB, 43426 (Decayed)

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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	2026-10-12 13:59:58.322Z	335.085° NNW	2026-10-12 14:01:58.322Z	280.601° WNW	29.562°	2026-10-12 14:03:58.322Z	234.876° WSW
5 mins	2026-10-13 00:32:58.322Z	163.389° S	2026-10-13 00:34:58.322Z	108.061° ESE	81.952°	2026-10-13 00:37:58.322Z	349.954° N

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DAMPE, 41173

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-11T13:54:01.922Z)

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