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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

7 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 7 hours ago

0 WEINA 1B
1 43279U 18034E   25128.94616162 -.00000035  00000-0  78487-4 0  9991
2 43279  63.3991  51.5611 0239335   6.7013 353.7118 13.45330877347822

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:42Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:42:28.363Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-156.06647°

Altitude

913.639 km

Speed

7.483 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 26m 14s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

3.2684°

Longitude

-155.20243°

Altitude

912.374 km

Speed

7.484 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 53m 52s

Apparent Declination

-17° 00' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:00:23

Azimuth

329.306° NNW

Elevation

-64.324°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,267.014 km

Perigee altitude

909.617 km

Semi-major axis

7,466.452 km

Eccentricity

0.0239335

Inclination

63.3991°

RAAN

51.5611°

Arg. of periapsis

6.7013°

True anomaly

353.40221°

Mean anomaly

353.7118°

Eccentric anomaly

353.55794°

Mean motion

3.36412 °/min

BSTAR

0.000078487

Orbital period

107.01 mins

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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.
13 mins	2025-05-09 06:24:38.991Z	312.568° NW	2025-05-09 06:31:38.991Z	239.134° WSW	33.944°	2025-05-09 06:37:38.991Z	180.523° SSW
10 mins	2025-05-09 20:14:38.991Z	193.901° SSW	2025-05-09 20:19:38.991Z	98.024° ESE	40.59°	2025-05-09 20:24:38.991Z	41.866° NE
8 mins	2025-05-09 22:06:38.991Z	274.009° WNW	2025-05-09 22:10:38.991Z	327.663° NNW	24.749°	2025-05-09 22:14:38.991Z	11.711° NNE
11 mins	2025-05-10 03:45:38.991Z	347.494° N	2025-05-10 03:50:38.991Z	41.006° NE	26.86°	2025-05-10 03:56:38.991Z	98.618° ESE
13 mins	2025-05-10 05:35:38.991Z	320.4° NNW	2025-05-10 05:41:38.991Z	250.464° W	43.198°	2025-05-10 05:48:38.991Z	159.604° S

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