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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

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Unknown / PAKI)

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 (7 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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

5.935 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 PRSS 1
1 43530U 18056B   25182.13330984  .00000572  00000-0  80217-4 0  9990
2 43530  97.8249 254.0426 0001769  90.9947 269.1468 14.81118889376450

Epoch: 2025-07-01T03:11Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T03:11:57.97Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-73.38207°

Altitude

628.838 km

Speed

7.544 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 56m 10s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

34.65281°

Longitude

-78.53308°

Altitude

629.745 km

Speed

7.547 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 27m 16s

Apparent Declination

0° 57' 08"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:28:51

Azimuth

289.882° WNW

Elevation

-23.497°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

624.069 km

Perigee altitude

621.592 km

Semi-major axis

7,000.968 km

Eccentricity

0.00018

Inclination

97.8249°

RAAN

254.0426°

Arg. of periapsis

90.9947°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

269.1468°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.70515 °/min

Orbital period

97.16 mins

BSTAR

0.000080217

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

PAKTES 1A, 43529

CZ-2C DEB, 43531 (Decayed)

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

CZ-2C DEB, 43533 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43534

CZ-2C DEB, 43535 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43536 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43555 (Decayed)

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.
6 mins	2025-07-01 16:45:30.654Z	48.887° ENE	2025-07-01 16:48:30.654Z	97.015° ESE	19.511°	2025-07-01 16:51:30.654Z	142.294° SSE
5 mins	2025-07-01 18:22:30.654Z	336.727° NNW	2025-07-01 18:24:30.654Z	293.051° NW	28.126°	2025-07-01 18:27:30.654Z	233.735° WSW
6 mins	2025-07-02 05:16:30.654Z	197.996° SSW	2025-07-02 05:19:30.654Z	277.751° WNW	34.205°	2025-07-02 05:22:30.654Z	330.28° NNW

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