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, 0.2 m
Radar Cross Section
0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago
TLE from 7 hours ago
0 WEINA 1B
1 43279U 18034E 26303.57971756 -.00000223 00000-0 -17394-3 0 9998
2 43279 63.3921 103.5272 0287161 8.2964 352.2664 13.45379293420421Epoch: 2026-10-30T13:54Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-10-30T13:54:47.597Z)
Latitude
-0.00001°
Longitude
-144.06889°
Altitude
878.685 km
Speed
7.518 km/s
True Right ascension
06h 54m 06s
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
16:41:38
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,302.539 km
Perigee altitude
873.734 km
Semi-major axis
7,466.274 km
Eccentricity
0.02872
Inclination
63.3921°
RAAN
103.5272°
Arg. of periapsis
8.2964°
True anomaly
351.80729°
Mean anomaly
352.2664°
Eccentric anomaly
352.03851°
Mean motion
3.36424 °/min
Orbital period
107.01 mins
BSTAR
-0.00017394
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Other satellites on launch #34 in the year 2018 (2018-04-10 UTC)
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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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| 14 mins | 2026-10-30 21:35:21.131Z | 324.488° NNW | 2026-10-30 21:42:21.131Z | 196.344° SSW | 81.788° | 2026-10-30 21:49:21.131Z | 151.632° SSE |
| 7 mins | 2026-10-30 23:29:21.131Z | 275.722° WNW | 2026-10-30 23:32:21.131Z | 249.142° W | 16.619° | 2026-10-30 23:36:21.131Z | 218.226° SW |
| 7 mins | 2026-10-31 11:27:21.131Z | 149.875° SSE | 2026-10-31 11:30:21.131Z | 108.707° ESE | 25.227° | 2026-10-31 11:34:21.131Z | 62.057° ENE |
| 10 mins | 2026-10-31 13:16:21.131Z | 240.742° WSW | 2026-10-31 13:20:21.131Z | 312.957° NW | 52.059° | 2026-10-31 13:26:21.131Z | 26.063° NE |
| 5 mins | 2026-10-31 15:10:21.131Z | 313.064° NW | 2026-10-31 15:12:21.131Z | 333.451° NNW | 14.168° | 2026-10-31 15:15:21.131Z | 2.201° NNE |
| 7 mins | 2026-10-31 18:57:21.131Z | 2.586° NNE | 2026-10-31 19:00:21.131Z | 31.861° NE | 18.398° | 2026-10-31 19:04:21.131Z | 67.363° ENE |
| 13 mins | 2026-10-31 20:46:21.131Z | 333.985° NNW | 2026-10-31 20:52:21.131Z | 54.88° ENE | 63.258° | 2026-10-31 20:59:21.131Z | 132.244° SE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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