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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

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

Beijing Weina Star Technology Company Ltd. (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SECM?

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-04-10 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 WEINA 1B
1 43279U 18034E   25184.17408986 -.00000065  00000-0  36211-4 0  9993
2 43279  63.3973 269.5522 0244103   6.8338 353.5917 13.45334455355251

Epoch: 2025-07-03T04:10Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T04:10:41.363Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-74.56479°

Altitude

910.133 km

Speed

7.487 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 58m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-40.76061°

Longitude

129.98773°

Altitude

1,242.129 km

Speed

7.166 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 41m 50s

Apparent Declination

-45° 42' 48"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:13:17

Azimuth

114.502° SE

Elevation

-61.9°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,270.56 km

Perigee altitude

906.044 km

Semi-major axis

7,466.439 km

Eccentricity

0.02441

Inclination

63.3973°

RAAN

269.5522°

Arg. of periapsis

6.8338°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

353.5917°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.36413 °/min

Orbital period

107.01 mins

BSTAR

0.000036211

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

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.
6 mins	2025-07-03 13:34:38.041Z	359.499° N	2025-07-03 13:37:38.041Z	26.341° NE	13.759°	2025-07-03 13:40:38.041Z	51.845° ENE
12 mins	2025-07-03 15:24:38.041Z	341.794° N	2025-07-03 15:29:38.041Z	40.683° NE	35.111°	2025-07-03 15:36:38.041Z	117.374° SE
12 mins	2025-07-03 17:15:38.041Z	306.181° NW	2025-07-03 17:20:38.041Z	244.307° WSW	34.612°	2025-07-03 17:27:38.041Z	177.344° S
11 mins	2025-07-04 07:03:38.041Z	193.522° SSW	2025-07-04 07:08:38.041Z	110.712° ESE	40.465°	2025-07-04 07:14:38.041Z	40.986° NE
9 mins	2025-07-04 08:55:38.041Z	271.003° WNW	2025-07-04 08:59:38.041Z	323.518° NNW	25.278°	2025-07-04 09:04:38.041Z	16.375° NNE

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