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CHINASAT 16, 42662

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHINASAT 16, 42662 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 12 Apr 2017 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

42662, 2017-018A

Orbit

GEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

CAST?

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-3B, LIPS-200

Mass

4,600 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-04-12 (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, 15.0 m

Radar Cross Section

34.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 16
1 42662U 17018A   25292.07491635 -.00000355  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 42662   0.0515  77.3801 0008173 158.2031 289.7302  1.00262466 31325

Epoch: 2025-10-19T01:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-19T01:47:52.772Z)

Latitude

0.01753°

Longitude

110.43583°

Altitude

35,776.929 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 00m 48s

True Declination

0° 01' 03"

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

06:07:36

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,824.742 km

Perigee altitude

35,755.814 km

Semi-major axis

42,168.415 km

Eccentricity

0.00082

Inclination

0.0515°

RAAN

77.3801°

Arg. of periapsis

158.2031°

True anomaly

289.64201°

Mean anomaly

289.7302°

Eccentric anomaly

289.68611°

Mean motion

0.25065 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.28 mins

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CHINASAT 16, 42662

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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