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TAURUS-1, 44530

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TAURUS-1, 44530 is a payload satellite owned by Shanghai ASES (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

44530, 2019-059C

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

Shanghai ASES

Mission

Operational Commercial Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor

Mass

4 kg wet, 4 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 Sail, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 10 hours ago

TLE from 10 hours ago

0 TAURUS-1
1 44530U 19059C   26094.94996060  .00013948  00000-0  22623-2 0  9996
2 44530  98.6345 255.3064 0009320 176.0877 184.0402 14.71281542347871

Epoch: 2026-04-04T22:47Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-04T22:47:56.595Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

80.05821°

Altitude

666.508 km

Speed

7.52 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 01m 13s

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

14:53:28

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

660.621 km

Perigee altitude

647.513 km

Semi-major axis

7,032.204 km

Eccentricity

0.00093

Inclination

98.6345°

RAAN

255.3064°

Arg. of periapsis

176.0877°

True anomaly

184.03268°

Mean anomaly

184.0402°

Eccentric anomaly

184.03644°

Mean motion

3.68049 °/min

Orbital period

97.81 mins

BSTAR

0.0022623

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

ZY-1 02D, 44528

CZ-4B R/B, 44531

BNU-1, 44529

CZ-4B DEB, 44532 (Decayed)

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TAURUS-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	2026-04-05 10:21:13.051Z	150.757° SSE	2026-04-05 10:24:13.051Z	104.016° ESE	40.405°	2026-04-05 10:28:13.051Z	355.845° N
6 mins	2026-04-05 23:52:13.051Z	357.462° N	2026-04-05 23:54:13.051Z	312.347° NW	39.875°	2026-04-05 23:58:13.051Z	210.074° SW

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TAURUS-1, 44530

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 10 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-04T22:47:56.595Z)

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Orbital elements

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

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