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CHINASAT 9A, 42763

Orbit data source: Space-Track

CHINASAT 9A, 42763 is a payload satellite owned by China Satcom (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 18 Jun 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

42763, 2017-035A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

CAST?

Mission

Non-operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

DFH-4?, DFH-4 LAE

Mass

~5,250 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-06-18 (8 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 16 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 9A
1 42763U 17035A   25189.81141260 -.00000085  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 42763   4.0994  79.5410 0003826 339.3197 333.1481  0.99793709 30223

Epoch: 2025-07-08T19:28Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-08T19:28:26.048Z)

Latitude

-3.02621°

Longitude

172.95744°

Altitude

35,906.699 km

Speed

3.071 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 08m 16s

True Declination

-3° 01' 23"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.94834°

Longitude

53.4441°

Altitude

35,934.252 km

Speed

3.069 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

17h 43m 37s

Apparent Declination

-6° 28' 44"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:42:57

Azimuth

264.917° W

Elevation

-4.025°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,938.395 km

Perigee altitude

35,906.027 km

Semi-major axis

42,300.348 km

Eccentricity

0.00038

Inclination

4.0994°

RAAN

79.541°

Arg. of periapsis

339.3197°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

333.1481°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.24948 °/min

Orbital period

1,443.03 mins

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