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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
Shanghai ASES
Mission
Operational Commercial Technology
Bus & Motor
CUBESAT 3U, Unknown motor
Mass
4 kg wet, 4 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 1 Sail, Unknown HBR
Radar Cross Section
0.035 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 1 day ago
TLE from 1 day ago
0 TAURUS-1
1 44530U 19059C 26172.52486229 .00004165 00000-0 67008-3 0 9996
2 44530 98.6424 337.6217 0007268 299.8587 60.1895 14.72130788359288Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:35Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:35:48.101Z)
Latitude
-0.00011°
Longitude
-121.05259°
Altitude
654.723 km
Speed
7.532 km/s
True Right ascension
22h 30m 29s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
01:06:02
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
656.469 km
Perigee altitude
646.251 km
Semi-major axis
7,029.497 km
Eccentricity
0.00073
Inclination
98.6424°
RAAN
337.6217°
Arg. of periapsis
299.8587°
True anomaly
60.2618°
Mean anomaly
60.1895°
Eccentric anomaly
60.22565°
Mean motion
3.68262 °/min
Orbital period
97.76 mins
BSTAR
0.00067008
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Other satellites on launch #59 in the year 2019 (2019-09-12 UTC)
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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. |
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| 8 mins | 2026-06-22 23:25:26.626Z | 30.384° NE | 2026-06-22 23:29:26.626Z | 98.96° ESE | 32.511° | 2026-06-22 23:33:26.626Z | 167.744° S |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-23 01:04:26.626Z | 319.074° NNW | 2026-06-23 01:05:26.626Z | 302.403° NW | 18.311° | 2026-06-23 01:08:26.626Z | 255.388° W |
| 6 mins | 2026-06-23 10:25:26.626Z | 123.074° SE | 2026-06-23 10:27:26.626Z | 81.682° E | 30.559° | 2026-06-23 10:31:26.626Z | 6.283° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2026-06-23 12:02:26.626Z | 230.162° WSW | 2026-06-23 12:04:26.626Z | 262.237° W | 18.691° | 2026-06-23 12:07:26.626Z | 308.206° NW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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