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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
IMI/CAS
Mission
Operational Civil Communications
Bus & Motor
TZ-1, Unknown motor
Mass
27 kg wet, 27 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 0.3 m
Radar Cross Section
0.120 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago
TLE from 9 hours ago
0 TIANZHI 1
1 43710U 18094A 25258.92008669 .00386712 65910-4 74677-3 0 9995
2 43710 97.3215 299.7514 0001788 174.8832 185.2465 16.00420113381795Epoch: 2025-09-15T22:04Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T22:04:55.49Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
-26.59763°
Altitude
277.64 km
Speed
7.74 km/s
True Right ascension
19h 59m 00s
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
00:00:41
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
271.299 km
Perigee altitude
268.922 km
Semi-major axis
6,648.247 km
Eccentricity
0.00018
Inclination
97.3215°
RAAN
299.7514°
Arg. of periapsis
174.8832°
True anomaly
185.24463°
Mean anomaly
185.2465°
Eccentric anomaly
185.24556°
Mean motion
4.00389 °/min
Orbital period
89.91 mins
BSTAR
0.00074677
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Other satellites on launch #94 in the year 2018 (2018-11-19 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.TIANZHI 1 Visibility
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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