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HONGYUN 1, 43871

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HONGYUN 1, 43871 is a payload satellite owned by CASIC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 21 Dec 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 11 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

43871, 2018-108A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CASIC

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

HONGYUN, Unknown motor

Mass

~250 kg wet, ~250 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-21 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 11

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

1.356 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 HONGYUN 1
1 43871U 18108A   25196.61326126 -.00000012  00000-0  49495-4 0  9990
2 43871  99.7968 219.1417 0013434 114.9996 245.2535 13.50618139323643

Epoch: 2025-07-15T14:43Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T14:43:05.772Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

64.66239°

Altitude

1,076.968 km

Speed

7.312 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 36m 34s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-55.68119°

Longitude

-129.64656°

Altitude

1,096.836 km

Speed

7.3 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 34m 35s

Apparent Declination

-51° 57' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:48:33

Azimuth

227.694° WSW

Elevation

-68.17°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,077.293 km

Perigee altitude

1,057.288 km

Semi-major axis

7,445.428 km

Eccentricity

0.00134

Inclination

99.7968°

RAAN

219.1417°

Arg. of periapsis

114.9996°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

245.2535°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.37838 °/min

Orbital period

106.56 mins

BSTAR

0.000049495

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HONGYUN 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.
7 mins	2025-07-15 23:47:08.479Z	93.198° ESE	2025-07-15 23:51:08.479Z	52.98° ENE	16.902°	2025-07-15 23:54:08.479Z	23.313° NE
11 mins	2025-07-16 01:30:08.479Z	168.024° S	2025-07-16 01:35:08.479Z	271.301° WNW	44.712°	2025-07-16 01:41:08.479Z	343.169° N
11 mins	2025-07-16 14:26:08.479Z	16.991° NNE	2025-07-16 14:31:08.479Z	114.991° SE	44.86°	2025-07-16 14:37:08.479Z	193.979° SSW
6 mins	2025-07-16 16:13:08.479Z	326.534° NNW	2025-07-16 16:15:08.479Z	305.488° NW	16.419°	2025-07-16 16:19:08.479Z	266.287° W

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