HAIYANG 1C, 43609
Orbit data source: Space-Track
HAIYANG 1C, 43609 is a Chinese payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Fri, 07 Sep 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-968, Unknown motor
Mass
442 kg wet, 429 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 3.8 m
Radar Cross Section
3.660 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago
TLE from 6 hours ago
0 HAIYANG 1C
1 43609U 18068A 25347.03422711 .00000415 00000-0 16410-3 0 9991
2 43609 98.5428 56.8495 0009730 288.2687 71.7438 14.34102383380401Epoch: 2025-12-13T00:49Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-13T00:49:17.222Z)
Latitude
-0.00009°
Longitude
-37.43954°
Altitude
778.814 km
Speed
7.466 km/s
True Right ascension
03h 47m 23s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
05:21:39
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
782.143 km
Perigee altitude
768.223 km
Semi-major axis
7,153.32 km
Eccentricity
0.00097
Inclination
98.5428°
RAAN
56.8495°
Arg. of periapsis
288.2687°
True anomaly
71.84973°
Mean anomaly
71.7438°
Eccentric anomaly
71.79676°
Mean motion
3.58742 °/min
Orbital period
100.35 mins
BSTAR
0.0001641
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Other satellites on launch #68 in the year 2018 (2018-09-07 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.HAIYANG 1C 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. |
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| 6 mins | 2025-12-13 16:30:16.048Z | 56.711° ENE | 2025-12-13 16:33:16.048Z | 95.421° ESE | 16.527° | 2025-12-13 16:36:16.048Z | 131.995° SE |
| 8 mins | 2025-12-13 18:09:16.048Z | 357.392° N | 2025-12-13 18:12:16.048Z | 302.311° NW | 38.634° | 2025-12-13 18:17:16.048Z | 212.831° SW |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-14 03:46:16.048Z | 108.302° ESE | 2025-12-14 03:49:16.048Z | 63.348° ENE | 22.355° | 2025-12-14 03:52:16.048Z | 20.642° NNE |
| 7 mins | 2025-12-14 05:25:16.048Z | 205.084° SW | 2025-12-14 05:28:16.048Z | 265.762° W | 32.571° | 2025-12-14 05:32:16.048Z | 327.711° NNW |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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