DECAYED

Showing default

KAIDUN 1, 41915 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

KAIDUN 1, 41915 was a payload satellite owned by Caton Univ. Tech (CN) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 09 Jan 2017 UTC via a KUAIZHOU-1A 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.

Not visible in the next 10 days

Iframe embed code

<iframe src="https://www.satcat.com/sats-embedded/41915?theme=dark&initialShowStats=false" width="600" height="400" frameborder="0" title="Kayhan Space Satcat Satellite Viewer"></iframe>

Iframe URL

https://www.satcat.com/sats-embedded/41915?theme=dark&initialShowStats=false

Optional Secondary NORAD IDs

Max 10 NORAD IDs; Separated by commas

Initial load time (optional)

ISO8601 Format

TLE date request (optional)

ISO8601 Format

Identifier

41915, 2017-002C

Orbit

Decayed

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Beijing Kaidun Universal Technology (CN)

Manufacturer

NJUST

Mission

Decayed Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 2U, Unknown motor

Mass

2.72 kg wet, 2.72 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-01-09 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KUAIZHOU-1A

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.025 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

Expand to show TLE details & history
Last TLE update: 8 months ago

TLE from 8 months ago

0 KAIDUN 1
1 41915U 17002C   25307.01955990  .09824273  25211-5  80465-3 0  9992
2 41915  97.1100 340.3214 0005056 183.3807 176.7459 16.39937900489044

Epoch: 2025-11-03T00:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-03T00:28:09.975Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

-69.24709°

Altitude

172.532 km

Speed

7.801 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 41m 17s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:30:46

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

166.07 km

Perigee altitude

159.455 km

Semi-major axis

6,540.9 km

Eccentricity

0.00051

Inclination

97.11°

RAAN

340.3214°

Arg. of periapsis

183.3807°

True anomaly

176.74919°

Mean anomaly

176.7459°

Eccentric anomaly

176.74754°

Mean motion

4.10286 °/min

Orbital period

87.74 mins

BSTAR

0.00080465

Loading maneuver chart data...

Computing Atmospheric mass density...

Loading historical data...

Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2017 (2017-01-09 UTC)

KZ-1A R/B, 41916 (Decayed)

XY S 1, 41913 (Decayed)

JILIN-1-03, 41914

Did you know?

You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.

Click here to try in Sandbox

KAIDUN 1 Visibility

Loading observer location...
Set Observer location

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.
This satellite is decayed.

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions

Please sign-in to view Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs.

Click to sort rows by RSO header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Country header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Type header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Inclination Δ header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by RAAN Δ header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Coplanar Angle header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by SMA Δ header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Orbital period header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by <5km Md TCA header in descending order

CAUTION: Conjunctions in this section are generated from low-fidelity TLE screenings

Authenticating...

Click to sort rows by Secondary header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Secondary name header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Country header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Owner header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Obj. Type header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Miss dist. header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Rel. speed header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by Apr. angle header in ascending order	Click to sort rows by TCA header in descending order

Check out KAIDUN 1, 41915 (Decayed) on other resources

View KAIDUN 1, 41915 (Decayed) on Celestrak

View KAIDUN 1, 41915 (Decayed) on Gunter's Space Page

Satcat and Kayhan Space are not affiliated with NASA, Celestrak, Heavens-Above, Keep Track, or Gunter's Space Page.

KAIDUN 1, 41915 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 months ago

TLE from 8 months ago

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-03T00:28:09.975Z)

Visualization orbit readout

Visualization observer readout

Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #2 in the year 2017 (2017-01-09 UTC)

KAIDUN 1 Visibility

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Check out KAIDUN 1, 41915 (Decayed) on other resources

Documentation

Expand to show TLE details & history
Last TLE update: 8 months ago