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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

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Science

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

730 kg wet, ~700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-02-02 (7 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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

2.715 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 ZHANGHENG 1
1 43194U 18015C   25129.15611150  .00012119  00000-0  55025-3 0  9999
2 43194  97.6449 282.8333 0009846 251.7125 108.3039 15.20900822403236

Epoch: 2025-05-09T03:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T03:44:48.033Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-0.58314°

Altitude

508.341 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 51m 19s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

17.46369°

Longitude

-2.78652°

Altitude

509.626 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 48m 09s

Apparent Declination

-30° 51' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:42:49

Azimuth

122.115° SE

Elevation

-9.995°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.869 km

Perigee altitude

493.325 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.234 km

Eccentricity

0.0009846

Inclination

97.6449°

RAAN

282.8333°

Arg. of periapsis

251.7125°

True anomaly

108.41098°

Mean anomaly

108.3039°

Eccentric anomaly

108.35744°

Mean motion

3.80476 °/min

BSTAR

0.00055025

Orbital period

94.62 mins

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

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GOMX4-A, 43197 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 43198 (Decayed)

SHAONIAN XING, 43199 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 43200 (Decayed)

NUSAT 5, 43204 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 44615 (Decayed)

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	2025-05-09 10:11:38.176Z	163.45° S	2025-05-09 10:14:38.176Z	16.944° NNE	44.111°	2025-05-09 10:17:38.176Z	349.746° N
5 mins	2025-05-09 23:16:38.176Z	358.725° N	2025-05-09 23:18:38.176Z	252.789° W	41.716°	2025-05-09 23:21:38.176Z	202.824° SW

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