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BNU-1, 44529

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BNU-1, 44529 is a payload satellite owned by BNU (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 12 Sep 2019 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

44529, 2019-059B

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Beijing Normal University (CN)

Manufacturer

BNU

Mission

Operational Amateur Imaging

Bus & Motor

BNU, Unknown motor

Mass

16 kg wet, 16 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-09-12 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.194 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 BNU-1
1 44529U 19059B   26095.26917782  .00001203  00000-0  33387-3 0  9995
2 44529  98.5944 223.0463 0012352 230.3647 129.6456 14.48330092346430

Epoch: 2026-04-05T06:27Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-05T06:27:36.963Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-67.43473°

Altitude

739.675 km

Speed

7.482 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 52m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

20:31:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

737.001 km

Perigee altitude

719.445 km

Semi-major axis

7,106.36 km

Eccentricity

0.00124

Inclination

98.5944°

RAAN

223.0463°

Arg. of periapsis

230.3647°

True anomaly

129.75448°

Mean anomaly

129.6456°

Eccentric anomaly

129.70005°

Mean motion

3.62303 °/min

Orbital period

99.36 mins

BSTAR

0.00033387

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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2019 (2019-09-12 UTC)

TAURUS-1, 44530

CZ-4B R/B, 44531

ZY-1 02D, 44528

CZ-4B DEB, 44532 (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	2026-04-05 20:19:42.100Z	52.425° ENE	2026-04-05 20:22:42.100Z	95.426° ESE	19.238°	2026-04-05 20:25:42.100Z	137.249° SSE
7 mins	2026-04-05 21:57:42.100Z	352.366° N	2026-04-05 22:00:42.100Z	300.745° NW	33.29°	2026-04-05 22:04:42.100Z	224.614° SW
6 mins	2026-04-06 07:29:42.100Z	105.179° ESE	2026-04-06 07:31:42.100Z	72.59° E	23.014°	2026-04-06 07:35:42.100Z	14.363° NNE
7 mins	2026-04-06 09:06:42.100Z	203.23° SW	2026-04-06 09:09:42.100Z	251.558° W	29.675°	2026-04-06 09:13:42.100Z	322.781° NNW

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BNU-1, 44529

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-05T06:27:36.963Z)

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