WEINA 1B, 43279
Orbit data source: Space-Track
WEINA 1B, 43279 is a payload satellite owned by Weina (CN) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 10 Apr 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SECM?
Mission
Operational Defense Technology
Bus & Motor
Unknown
Mass
~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.1 m
Radar Cross Section
0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago
TLE from 5 hours ago
0 WEINA 1B
1 43279U 18034E 25308.60357123 -.00000017 00000-0 10138-3 0 9991
2 43279 63.3963 309.5646 0255098 7.1595 353.2965 13.45345704371994Epoch: 2025-11-04T14:29Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-04T14:29:08.554Z)
Latitude
0.00004°
Longitude
48.19076°
Altitude
902.055 km
Speed
7.495 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 38m 15s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
15:42:15
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,278.727 km
Perigee altitude
897.794 km
Semi-major axis
7,466.398 km
Eccentricity
0.02551
Inclination
63.3963°
RAAN
309.5646°
Arg. of periapsis
7.1595°
True anomaly
352.94413°
Mean anomaly
353.2965°
Eccentric anomaly
353.12145°
Mean motion
3.36416 °/min
Orbital period
107.01 mins
BSTAR
0.00010138
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Other satellites on launch #34 in the year 2018 (2018-04-10 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.WEINA 1B 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. |
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| 10 mins | 2025-11-05 01:18:31.045Z | 175.829° S | 2025-11-05 01:22:31.045Z | 124.607° SE | 31.484° | 2025-11-05 01:28:31.045Z | 48.934° ENE |
| 9 mins | 2025-11-05 03:09:31.045Z | 255.978° W | 2025-11-05 03:13:31.045Z | 316.403° NNW | 31.71° | 2025-11-05 03:18:31.045Z | 18.343° NNE |
| 10 mins | 2025-11-05 08:49:31.045Z | 353.145° N | 2025-11-05 08:53:31.045Z | 32.878° NE | 21.363° | 2025-11-05 08:59:31.045Z | 86.343° E |
| 13 mins | 2025-11-05 10:39:31.045Z | 327.853° NNW | 2025-11-05 10:45:31.045Z | 79.386° E | 44.815° | 2025-11-05 10:52:31.045Z | 144.879° SSE |
| 9 mins | 2025-11-05 12:31:31.045Z | 287.063° WNW | 2025-11-05 12:35:31.045Z | 250.038° W | 19.171° | 2025-11-05 12:40:31.045Z | 209.213° SW |
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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