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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

43662, 2018-083A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China (CN)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Earth Obs Sci

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, Unknown motor

Mass

700 kg wet, 700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-10-29 (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, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

5.252 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 CFOSAT
1 43662U 18083A   26132.59269873  .00002199  00000-0  11630-3 0  9999
2 43662  97.3616 138.1708 0001913  61.8617 298.2810 15.16476146417043

Epoch: 2026-05-12T14:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-12T14:13:29.170Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

54.4344°

Altitude

518.963 km

Speed

7.604 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 12m 40s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

06:50:00

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

514.788 km

Perigee altitude

512.151 km

Semi-major axis

6,891.606 km

Eccentricity

0.00019

Inclination

97.3616°

RAAN

138.1708°

Arg. of periapsis

61.8617°

True anomaly

298.26169°

Mean anomaly

298.281°

Eccentric anomaly

298.27135°

Mean motion

3.7937 °/min

Orbital period

94.89 mins

BSTAR

0.0001163

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Other satellites on launch #83 in the year 2018 (2018-10-29 UTC)

CZ-2C R/B, 43667 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 43668 (Decayed)

OBJECT D, 43665 (Decayed)

OBJECT C, 43664 (Decayed)

OBJECT E, 43666 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 43669 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 43663 (Decayed)

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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	2026-05-12 23:51:40.491Z	134.115° SE	2026-05-12 23:54:40.491Z	70.367° E	28.756°	2026-05-12 23:57:40.491Z	9.805° NNE
5 mins	2026-05-13 12:58:40.491Z	30.49° NE	2026-05-13 13:00:40.491Z	97.413° ESE	39.241°	2026-05-13 13:03:40.491Z	175.848° S

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CFOSAT, 43662

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-12T14:13:29.170Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #83 in the year 2018 (2018-10-29 UTC)

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