CFOSAT, 43662
Orbit data source: Space-Track
CFOSAT, 43662 is a Chinese payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Mon, 29 Oct 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Earth Obs Sci
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000, Unknown motor
Mass
700 kg wet, 700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 5.0 m
Radar Cross Section
5.252 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago
TLE from 9 hours ago
0 CFOSAT
1 43662U 18083A 25297.98156733 .00005945 00000-0 30818-3 0 9994
2 43662 97.3637 304.4361 0002071 117.3496 242.7948 15.16529826386794Epoch: 2025-10-24T23:33Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-24T23:33:27.417Z)
Latitude
-0.00005°
Longitude
-82.5468°
Altitude
520.078 km
Speed
7.603 km/s
True Right ascension
20h 17m 44s
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
03:36:58
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
514.734 km
Perigee altitude
511.879 km
Semi-major axis
6,891.444 km
Eccentricity
0.00021
Inclination
97.3637°
RAAN
304.4361°
Arg. of periapsis
117.3496°
True anomaly
242.7737°
Mean anomaly
242.7948°
Eccentric anomaly
242.78425°
Mean motion
3.79383 °/min
Orbital period
94.89 mins
BSTAR
0.00030818
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Other satellites on launch #83 in the year 2018 (2018-10-29 UTC)
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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 | 2025-10-25 12:47:31.384Z | 36.202° NE | 2025-10-25 12:50:31.384Z | 90.787° ESE | 25.131° | 2025-10-25 12:53:31.384Z | 153.398° SSE |
| 5 mins | 2025-10-26 01:02:31.384Z | 210.472° SW | 2025-10-26 01:04:31.384Z | 282.113° WNW | 31.949° | 2025-10-26 01:07:31.384Z | 332.573° NNW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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