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ZHANGHENG 1, 43194

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ZHANGHENG 1, 43194 is a payload satellite owned by CAS (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 02 Feb 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D 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

43194, 2018-015C

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (CN)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Science

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

730 kg wet, ~700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-02-02 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

2.715 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 ZHANGHENG 1
1 43194U 18015C   26024.17763524  .00016391  00000-0  74325-3 0  9999
2 43194  97.6691 187.0993 0016866  56.4463 303.8380 15.20785472442751

Epoch: 2026-01-24T04:15Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-24T04:15:47.684Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-0.35522°

Altitude

500.103 km

Speed

7.618 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 28m 23s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

12:03:57

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

512.048 km

Perigee altitude

488.845 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.583 km

Eccentricity

0.00169

Inclination

97.6691°

RAAN

187.0993°

Arg. of periapsis

56.4463°

True anomaly

303.67728°

Mean anomaly

303.838°

Eccentric anomaly

303.75766°

Mean motion

3.80447 °/min

Orbital period

94.63 mins

BSTAR

0.00074325

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NUSAT 4, 43195 (Decayed)

NUSAT 5, 43204 (Decayed)

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ZHANGHENG 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.
6 mins	2026-01-24 23:46:19.937Z	5.729° NNE	2026-01-24 23:49:19.937Z	278.422° WNW	42.995°	2026-01-24 23:52:19.937Z	202.37° SSW
4 mins	2026-01-25 10:25:19.937Z	127.34° SE	2026-01-25 10:26:19.937Z	97.805° ESE	32.974°	2026-01-25 10:29:19.937Z	7.252° NNE

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ZHANGHENG 1, 43194

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-24T04:15:47.684Z)

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Other satellites on launch #15 in the year 2018 (2018-02-02 UTC)

ZHANGHENG 1 Visibility forecast

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