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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

43279, 2018-034E

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Beijing Weina Star Technology Company Ltd. (CN)

Manufacturer

SECM?

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-04-10 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 WEINA 1B
1 43279U 18034E   26033.54271872  .00000102  00000-0  26422-3 0  9993
2 43279  63.3964  78.2418 0263123   7.4308 353.0500 13.45358984384097

Epoch: 2026-02-02T13:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-02T13:01:30.897Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

110.12657°

Altitude

896.166 km

Speed

7.501 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 12m 58s

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

22:58:01

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,284.668 km

Perigee altitude

891.755 km

Semi-major axis

7,466.349 km

Eccentricity

0.02631

Inclination

63.3964°

RAAN

78.2418°

Arg. of periapsis

7.4308°

True anomaly

352.67286°

Mean anomaly

353.05°

Eccentric anomaly

352.86269°

Mean motion

3.36419 °/min

Orbital period

107.01 mins

BSTAR

0.00026422

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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.
8 mins	2026-02-03 03:25:13.503Z	150.616° SSE	2026-02-03 03:29:13.503Z	102.432° ESE	20.032°	2026-02-03 03:33:13.503Z	61.768° ENE
10 mins	2026-02-03 05:14:13.503Z	231.881° WSW	2026-02-03 05:18:13.503Z	289.56° WNW	40.649°	2026-02-03 05:24:13.503Z	26.861° NE
6 mins	2026-02-03 07:08:13.503Z	306.818° NW	2026-02-03 07:10:13.503Z	327.69° NNW	15.052°	2026-02-03 07:14:13.503Z	6.535° NNE
6 mins	2026-02-03 10:56:13.503Z	7.288° NNE	2026-02-03 10:58:13.503Z	26.519° NE	16.068°	2026-02-03 11:02:13.503Z	61.993° ENE
13 mins	2026-02-03 12:45:13.503Z	337.585° N	2026-02-03 12:50:13.503Z	37.976° NE	39.536°	2026-02-03 12:58:13.503Z	128.675° SE
11 mins	2026-02-03 14:36:13.503Z	300.079° NW	2026-02-03 14:41:13.503Z	244.597° WSW	28.949°	2026-02-03 14:47:13.503Z	189.514° SSW

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WEINA 1B, 43279

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-02T13:01:30.897Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #34 in the year 2018 (2018-04-10 UTC)

WEINA 1B Visibility forecast

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