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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

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

HEAD Aerospace Group (HEAD) (CN)

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 (8 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, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

0.223 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 4 hours ago

TLE from 4 hours ago

0 HEAD-1
1 43011U 17072B   26052.47936459  .00000296  00000-0  13632-3 0  9993
2 43011  98.9629  67.8585 0010783 126.5028 233.7147 14.28719039430835

Epoch: 2026-02-21T11:30Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-21T11:30:17.100Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

103.8859°

Altitude

803.518 km

Speed

7.449 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 31m 26s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

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

18:59:29

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

800.908 km

Perigee altitude

785.442 km

Semi-major axis

7,171.312 km

Eccentricity

0.00108

Inclination

98.9629°

RAAN

67.8585°

Arg. of periapsis

126.5028°

True anomaly

233.61518°

Mean anomaly

233.7147°

Eccentric anomaly

233.66493°

Mean motion

3.57392 °/min

Orbital period

100.73 mins

BSTAR

0.00013632

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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.
5 mins	2026-02-21 23:26:38.601Z	92.321° ESE	2026-02-21 23:29:38.601Z	55.815° ENE	14.558°	2026-02-21 23:31:38.601Z	31.771° NE
8 mins	2026-02-22 01:04:38.601Z	176.534° S	2026-02-22 01:08:38.601Z	290.9° WNW	42.521°	2026-02-22 01:12:38.601Z	340.065° N
8 mins	2026-02-22 13:18:38.601Z	34.095° NE	2026-02-22 13:22:38.601Z	107.949° ESE	33.816°	2026-02-22 13:26:38.601Z	167.524° S
5 mins	2026-02-22 14:59:38.601Z	326.924° NNW	2026-02-22 15:01:38.601Z	295.363° NW	21.562°	2026-02-22 15:04:38.601Z	252.629° W

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HEAD-1, 43011

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 4 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-21T11:30:17.100Z)

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