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JILIN-01-08, 43160

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JILIN-01-08, 43160 is a payload satellite owned by Changguang WJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 19 Jan 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 11 launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

43160, 2018-008F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Changguang WJ

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

JL-1, Unknown motor

Mass

95 kg wet, 95 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-01-19 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 11

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 JILIN-01-08
1 43160U 18008F   25201.16240419  .00005919  00000-0  22077-3 0  9993
2 43160  97.2073 225.4720 0007364 165.8245 194.3203 15.27760087414157

Epoch: 2025-07-20T03:53Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-20T03:53:51.722Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-131.18263°

Altitude

490.513 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 01m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

53.73744°

Longitude

58.90082°

Altitude

487.468 km

Speed

7.629 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 15m 40s

Apparent Declination

13° 20' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:02:52

Azimuth

45.274° ENE

Elevation

-24.097°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

484.507 km

Perigee altitude

474.407 km

Semi-major axis

6,857.594 km

Eccentricity

0.00074

Inclination

97.2073°

RAAN

225.472°

Arg. of periapsis

165.8245°

True anomaly

194.29945°

Mean anomaly

194.3203°

Eccentric anomaly

194.30987°

Mean motion

3.82195 °/min

Orbital period

94.19 mins

BSTAR

0.00022077

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Other satellites on launch #8 in the year 2018 (2018-01-19 UTC)

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KEPLER-0 (KIPP), 43157 (Decayed)

QUANTUTONG 1, 43158 (Decayed)

JILIN-01-07, 43159

CZ-11 R/B, 43161

JILIN-01-08 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-07-20 13:53:43.870Z	37.944° NE	2025-07-20 13:56:43.870Z	99.376° ESE	24.203°	2025-07-20 13:58:43.870Z	145.584° SSE
6 mins	2025-07-21 02:01:43.870Z	188.355° SSW	2025-07-21 02:04:43.870Z	265.862° W	36.123°	2025-07-21 02:07:43.870Z	334.341° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions

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