OBJECT D, 43834

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OBJECT D, 43834 is a satellite in SSO that was launched on Fri, 07 Dec 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier

43834, 2018-102D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

UESTC/GUOX (TBD)

Manufacturer

GUOX/CTYK

Mission

Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

8 kg wet, 8 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-07 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 OBJECT D
1 43834U 18102D   25128.90548924  .00019245  00000-0  51946-3 0  9992
2 43834  97.3816 204.9322 0009608 103.2762 256.9555 15.37770472354668

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:43Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:43:54.27Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

11.9868°

Altitude

457.307 km

Speed

7.637 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 39m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-6.17813°

Longitude

-168.45145°

Altitude

456.103 km

Speed

7.639 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 59m 34s

Apparent Declination

-22° 26' 59"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:29:34

Azimuth

22.237° NNE

Elevation

-71.411°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

456.205 km

Perigee altitude

443.085 km

Semi-major axis

6,827.782 km

Eccentricity

0.0009608

Inclination

97.3816°

RAAN

204.9322°

Arg. of periapsis

103.2762°

True anomaly

256.84827°

Mean anomaly

256.9555°

Eccentric anomaly

256.90188°

Mean motion

3.84701 °/min

BSTAR

0.00051946

Orbital period

93.58 mins

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Other satellites on launch #102 in the year 2018 (2018-12-07 UTC)

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OBJECT E, 43835 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 43836 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 43837 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 43838 (Decayed)

OBJECT J, 43839 (Decayed)

OBJECT K, 43840 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 43841 (Decayed)

OBJECT M, 43842 (Decayed)

OBJECT N, 43843 (Decayed)

OBJECT P, 43844 (Decayed)

OBJECT D 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 05:06:45.497Z	168.788° S	2025-05-10 05:08:45.497Z	341.984° N	42.959°	2025-05-10 05:10:45.497Z	347.19° N

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