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YUNHAI 1, 41857

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YUNHAI 1, 41857 is a payload satellite owned by SAST (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 11 Nov 2016 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

41857, 2016-068A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Weather

Bus & Motor

YUNHAI-1, Unknown motor

Mass

~800 kg wet, ~800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-11-11 (8 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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

5.141 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 YUNHAI 1
1 41857U 16068A   25128.93942920  .00000456  00000-0  18120-3 0  9992
2 41857  98.5906 138.5351 0007235 112.2994 247.8958 14.33357848443948

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:32Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:32:46.682Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-66.66213°

Altitude

785.418 km

Speed

7.46 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 14m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-21.48838°

Longitude

-62.92867°

Altitude

792.151 km

Speed

7.455 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 53m 29s

Apparent Declination

-40° 50' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:58:14

Azimuth

248.865° W

Elevation

-46.06°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

782.841 km

Perigee altitude

772.487 km

Semi-major axis

7,155.801 km

Eccentricity

0.0007235

Inclination

98.5906°

RAAN

138.5351°

Arg. of periapsis

112.2994°

True anomaly

247.81901°

Mean anomaly

247.8958°

Eccentric anomaly

247.8574°

Mean motion

3.58555 °/min

BSTAR

0.0001812

Orbital period

100.4 mins

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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2016 (2016-11-11 UTC)

CZ-2D R/B, 41858

CZ-2D DEB, 44603

CZ-2D DEB, 44604 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 44605

CZ-2D DEB, 44606

CZ-2D DEB, 44607

YUNHAI 1 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.
8 mins	2025-05-09 12:32:20.300Z	41.349° NE	2025-05-09 12:36:20.300Z	94.297° ESE	22.531°	2025-05-09 12:40:20.300Z	147.946° SSE
8 mins	2025-05-09 14:12:20.300Z	349.422° N	2025-05-09 14:15:20.300Z	301.26° NW	31.098°	2025-05-09 14:20:20.300Z	224.575° SW
7 mins	2025-05-09 23:49:20.300Z	123.353° SE	2025-05-09 23:52:20.300Z	74.868° E	29.132°	2025-05-09 23:56:20.300Z	10.031° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-10 01:29:20.300Z	222.054° SW	2025-05-10 01:32:20.300Z	273.633° WNW	24.377°	2025-05-10 01:35:20.300Z	315.829° NNW

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