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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

12 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 12 hours ago

0 CHINASAT 9A
1 42763U 17035A   25128.86635417 -.00000161  00000-0  00000+0 0  9994
2 42763   3.9457  80.2564 0005537 308.4644  70.0884  0.99781191 29526

Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:47Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T20:47:33Z)

Latitude

1.25781°

Longitude

-79.99143°

Altitude

35,915.979 km

Speed

3.07 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 35m 18s

True Declination

1° 15' 24"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.26529°

Longitude

100.09973°

Altitude

35,932.405 km

Speed

3.069 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 47m 47s

Apparent Declination

-7° 31' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:59:11

Azimuth

145.831° SSE

Elevation

36.339°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,949.173 km

Perigee altitude

35,902.325 km

Semi-major axis

42,303.886 km

Eccentricity

0.0005537

Inclination

3.9457°

RAAN

80.2564°

Arg. of periapsis

308.4644°

True anomaly

70.14807°

Mean anomaly

70.0884°

Eccentric anomaly

70.11823°

Mean motion

0.24944 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1443.21 mins

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CHINASAT 9A 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.
1440 mins	2025-05-09 08:49:57.394Z	145.842° SSE	2025-05-10 01:45:57.394Z	143.979° SSE	33.796°	2025-05-10 08:49:57.394Z	148.035° SSE

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