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TIANTONG-1 1, 41725

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANTONG-1 1, 41725 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 05 Aug 2016 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

41725, 2016-048A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-4, DFH-4 LAE

Mass

~5,200 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-08-05 (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 7 hours ago

0 TIANTONG-1 1
1 41725U 16048A   25130.90134312 -.00000305  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 41725   3.1208  38.0406 0005815   6.5460 250.2438  1.00271551 32232

Epoch: 2025-05-10T21:37Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-10T21:37:56.045Z)

Latitude

-3.03358°

Longitude

101.32429°

Altitude

35,794.965 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 38m 58s

True Declination

-3° 01' 50"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.00195°

Longitude

-155.71301°

Altitude

35,761.717 km

Speed

3.076 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 20m 03s

Apparent Declination

-4° 59' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:44:46

Azimuth

322.161° NNW

Elevation

-49.01°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,812.246 km

Perigee altitude

35,763.207 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.863 km

Eccentricity

0.0005815

Inclination

3.1208°

RAAN

38.0406°

Arg. of periapsis

6.546°

True anomaly

250.1811°

Mean anomaly

250.2438°

Eccentric anomaly

250.21245°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.15 mins

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