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HEAD-1, 43011

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HEAD-1, 43011 is a payload satellite owned by HEAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

43011, 2017-072B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

HEAD Aerospace Group (HEAD) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

LIZH/SAST

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

HEAD-1, Unknown motor

Mass

45 kg wet, 45 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-11-14 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.223 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 HEAD-1
1 43011U 17072B   25128.98499874  .00000489  00000-0  21419-3 0  9993
2 43011  98.9631 131.5329 0008928 244.0011 116.0250 14.28427847389642

Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:38Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:38:23.891Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-90.11429°

Altitude

802.724 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 46m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

73.52989°

Longitude

122.24433°

Altitude

814.421 km

Speed

7.45 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 52m 15s

Apparent Declination

24° 30' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:59:54

Azimuth

16.799° NNE

Elevation

-23.681°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

800.554 km

Perigee altitude

787.747 km

Semi-major axis

7,172.287 km

Eccentricity

0.0008928

Inclination

98.9631°

RAAN

131.5329°

Arg. of periapsis

244.0011°

True anomaly

116.11689°

Mean anomaly

116.025°

Eccentric anomaly

116.07095°

Mean motion

3.57319 °/min

BSTAR

0.00021419

Orbital period

100.75 mins

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HEAD-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.
7 mins	2025-05-09 12:01:00.282Z	50.994° ENE	2025-05-09 12:04:00.282Z	92.016° ESE	20.926°	2025-05-09 12:08:00.282Z	144.174° SSE
8 mins	2025-05-09 13:40:00.282Z	355.216° N	2025-05-09 13:44:00.282Z	286.078° WNW	34.115°	2025-05-09 13:48:00.282Z	223.929° SW
8 mins	2025-05-09 23:19:00.282Z	125.287° SE	2025-05-09 23:23:00.282Z	59.088° ENE	29.312°	2025-05-09 23:27:00.282Z	6.065° NNE
7 mins	2025-05-10 00:59:00.282Z	214.521° SW	2025-05-10 01:02:00.282Z	259.685° W	25.333°	2025-05-10 01:06:00.282Z	318.019° NNW

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