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OBJECT C, 44312

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OBJECT C, 44312 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 05 Jun 2019 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 11 launch vehicle from the Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA). 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

44312, 2019-032C

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

CAST?

Mission

Operational Commercial Weather

Bus & Motor

BF, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-06-05 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 11

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.105 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 44312U 19032C   26317.91596741  .00013242  00000-0  38189-3 0  9994
2 44312  44.9737 251.0235 0006477 115.7318 244.4237 15.35715807410832

Epoch: 2026-11-13T21:58Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-13T21:58:59.584Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-131.75302°

Altitude

460.705 km

Speed

7.637 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 44m 05s

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

23:34:08

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

464.844 km

Perigee altitude

455.985 km

Semi-major axis

6,838.552 km

Eccentricity

0.00065

Inclination

44.9737°

RAAN

251.0235°

Arg. of periapsis

115.7318°

True anomaly

244.35678°

Mean anomaly

244.4237°

Eccentric anomaly

244.39024°

Mean motion

3.83793 °/min

Orbital period

93.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00038189

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OBJECT B, 44311

CZ-11 DEB, 44318 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 44315 (Decayed)

CZ-11 R/B, 44317 (Decayed)

CZ-11 DEB, 44326 (Decayed)

CZ-11 DEB, 44325 (Decayed)

CZ-11 DEB, 44328 (Decayed)

CZ-11 DEB, 44320 (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	2026-11-14 03:03:40.762Z	303.409° NW	2026-11-14 03:06:40.762Z	27.102° NE	40.344°	2026-11-14 03:09:40.762Z	82.988° E
5 mins	2026-11-14 04:42:40.762Z	282.84° WNW	2026-11-14 04:44:40.762Z	211.661° SW	61.685°	2026-11-14 04:47:40.762Z	129.26° SE
5 mins	2026-11-14 23:11:40.762Z	232.838° WSW	2026-11-14 23:13:40.762Z	164.923° S	70.456°	2026-11-14 23:16:40.762Z	70.456° E
4 mins	2026-11-15 00:50:40.762Z	299.456° NW	2026-11-15 00:51:40.762Z	328.737° NNW	37.434°	2026-11-15 00:54:40.762Z	55.432° ENE
5 mins	2026-11-15 02:28:40.762Z	307.998° NW	2026-11-15 02:30:40.762Z	0.82° NNE	38.962°	2026-11-15 02:33:40.762Z	76.411° E

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OBJECT C, 44312

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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