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PRSS 1, 43530

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PRSS 1, 43530 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

43530, 2018-056B

Orbit

SSO

Country

PK / PAKI

Related business

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (PK)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, Unknown motor

Mass

~800 kg wet, ~800 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 + 2 Pan, 4.3 m

Radar Cross Section

14.475 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 13 hours ago

TLE from 13 hours ago

0 PRSS 1
1 43530U 18056B   26258.59309039  .00000299  00000-0  44061-4 0  9995
2 43530  97.7735 323.9249 0001761  82.7750 277.3663 14.82100054441829

Epoch: 2026-09-15T14:14Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-15T14:14:03.009Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

115.85556°

Altitude

625.573 km

Speed

7.546 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 35m 41s

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

20:01:23

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

620.968 km

Perigee altitude

618.503 km

Semi-major axis

6,997.873 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

97.7735°

RAAN

323.9249°

Arg. of periapsis

82.775°

True anomaly

277.34629°

Mean anomaly

277.3663°

Eccentric anomaly

277.35629°

Mean motion

3.70761 °/min

Orbital period

97.1 mins

BSTAR

0.000044061

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

CZ-2C DEB, 43534

CZ-2C DEB, 43535 (Decayed)

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

CZ-2C DEB, 43555 (Decayed)

PAKTES 1A, 43529

CZ-2C DEB, 43533 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43536 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43531 (Decayed)

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PRSS 1 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.
5 mins	2026-09-16 03:21:28.502Z	100.372° ESE	2026-09-16 03:23:28.502Z	70.786° E	16.695°	2026-09-16 03:26:28.502Z	26.573° NE
7 mins	2026-09-16 04:56:28.502Z	195.012° SSW	2026-09-16 04:59:28.502Z	256.669° W	42.688°	2026-09-16 05:03:28.502Z	332.368° NNW
6 mins	2026-09-16 16:45:28.502Z	48.27° ENE	2026-09-16 16:47:28.502Z	94.128° ESE	34.216°	2026-09-16 16:51:28.502Z	162.873° S
5 mins	2026-09-16 18:21:28.502Z	327.639° NNW	2026-09-16 18:23:28.502Z	293.555° NW	20.393°	2026-09-16 18:26:28.502Z	247.388° WSW

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PRSS 1, 43530

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-15T14:14:03.009Z)

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Orbital elements

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

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