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TIANZHI 1, 43710

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANZHI 1, 43710 is a payload satellite owned by Inst. Software (CN) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 19 Nov 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D 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

43710, 2018-094A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

4 hours ago

Origin

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

IMI/CAS

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

TZ-1, Unknown motor

Mass

27 kg wet, 27 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-11-19 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.120 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 4 hours ago

0 TIANZHI 1
1 43710U 18094A   25129.50053913  .00063373  00000-0  49206-3 0  9998
2 43710  97.3350 161.7852 0006598 143.8019 216.3691 15.71584519361338

Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:00Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:00:46.58Z)

Latitude

-0.00013°

Longitude

114.03535°

Altitude

361.109 km

Speed

7.691 km/s

True Right ascension

10h 47m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-82.56043°

Longitude

-144.38288°

Altitude

385.268 km

Speed

7.676 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

13h 01m 13s

Apparent Declination

-64° 22' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:22:55

Azimuth

189.766° SSW

Elevation

-64.908°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

355.702 km

Perigee altitude

346.822 km

Semi-major axis

6,729.399 km

Eccentricity

0.0006598

Inclination

97.335°

RAAN

161.7852°

Arg. of periapsis

143.8019°

True anomaly

216.3243°

Mean anomaly

216.3691°

Eccentric anomaly

216.34669°

Mean motion

3.93169 °/min

BSTAR

0.00049206

Orbital period

91.56 mins

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Other satellites on launch #94 in the year 2018 (2018-11-19 UTC)

SHIYAN 6 (SY-6), 43711

TIANPING 1A, 43712 (Decayed)

JIADING 1, 43713 (Decayed)

TIANPING 1B, 43714

CZ-2D DEB, 43715 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 43716 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 43718 (Decayed)

TIANZHI 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.
4 mins	2025-05-10 01:54:28.940Z	142.549° SSE	2025-05-10 01:56:28.940Z	68.097° E	34.425°	2025-05-10 01:58:28.940Z	5.746° NNE

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