QSS, 41731
Orbit data source: Space-Track
QSS, 41731 is a payload satellite owned by CAS (CN) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 15 Aug 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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QSS details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 11 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | SECM/USTC |
| Mission | Operational Civil Technology |
| Bus & Motor | CAST-2000?, AOCS |
| Mass | 640 kg wet, ~500 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 4 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 5.141 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 11 hours ago
0 QSS
1 41731U 16051A 25013.95587697 .00014976 00000-0 30730-3 0 9999
2 41731 97.3054 291.9880 0008217 166.1070 194.0407 15.46095112469167Epoch: 2025-01-13T22:56Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-01-13T22:56:27.77Z)
| Latitude | -0.00002° |
| Longitude | -165.7972° |
| Altitude | 436.718 km |
| Speed | 7.647 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 19h 27m 57s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 18.98072° |
| Longitude | -167.85045° |
| Altitude | 435.339 km |
| Speed | 7.65 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 20h 41m 01s |
| Apparent Declination | -10° 10' 51" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 10:29:47 |
| Azimuth | 46.54° ENE |
| Elevation | -51.712° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 430.679 km |
| Perigee altitude | 419.499 km |
| Semi-major axis | 6,803.226 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0008217 |
| Inclination | 97.3054° |
| RAAN | 291.988° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 166.107° |
| True anomaly | 194.01788° |
| Mean anomaly | 194.0407° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 194.02929° |
| Mean motion | 3.86786 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.0003073 |
| Orbital period | 93.07 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 2016 (2016-08-15 UTC)
| QSS, 41731 |
| 3CAT-2, 41732 (Decayed) |
| LX-1, 41733 (Decayed) |
QSS Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
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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| 4 mins | 2025-01-14 17:43:47.060Z | 115.502° SE | 2025-01-14 17:45:47.060Z | 72.37° E | 19.499° | 2025-01-14 17:47:47.060Z | 27.595° NE |
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