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PAKTES 1A, 43529

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PAKTES 1A, 43529 is a payload satellite owned by SUPARCO (PK) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 09 Jul 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C 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

43529, 2018-056A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Unknown / PAKI

Related business

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (PK)

Manufacturer

SUPARCO

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

PAKTES, Unknown motor

Mass

285 kg wet, 285 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-07-09 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

5.935 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 PAKTES 1A
1 43529U 18056A   26018.64778914  .00001646  00000-0  14372-3 0  9993
2 43529  98.1052 169.0578 0019838 247.4694 112.4428 14.98178185409525

Epoch: 2026-01-18T15:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-18T15:32:48.981Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

177.79836°

Altitude

580.854 km

Speed

7.567 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 16m 13s

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

04:23:43

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

583.334 km

Perigee altitude

555.769 km

Semi-major axis

6,947.688 km

Eccentricity

0.00198

Inclination

98.1052°

RAAN

169.0578°

Arg. of periapsis

247.4694°

True anomaly

112.65271°

Mean anomaly

112.4428°

Eccentric anomaly

112.54777°

Mean motion

3.74785 °/min

Orbital period

96.05 mins

BSTAR

0.00014372

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Other satellites on launch #56 in the year 2018 (2018-07-09 UTC)

CZ-2C DEB, 43531 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43555 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43534

PRSS 1, 43530

CZ-2C DEB, 43533 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43535 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43536 (Decayed)

CZ-2C R/B, 43532 (Decayed)

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PAKTES 1A 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	2026-01-19 09:19:01.216Z	130.942° SE	2026-01-19 09:22:01.216Z	71.862° E	29.26°	2026-01-19 09:25:01.216Z	11.349° NNE
4 mins	2026-01-19 10:56:01.216Z	243.717° WSW	2026-01-19 10:57:01.216Z	261.653° W	17.085°	2026-01-19 11:00:01.216Z	309.117° NW
6 mins	2026-01-19 22:35:01.216Z	25.692° NE	2026-01-19 22:38:01.216Z	125.768° SE	40.103°	2026-01-19 22:41:01.216Z	179.639° S

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PAKTES 1A, 43529

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-18T15:32:48.981Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #56 in the year 2018 (2018-07-09 UTC)

PAKTES 1A Visibility forecast

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