OBJECT A, 44879

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OBJECT A, 44879 is a satellite in SSO that was launched on Fri, 20 Dec 2019 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier

44879, 2019-093A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

BDSAGR/XZTIA (TBD)

Manufacturer

Weina

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

MN50, Unknown motor

Mass

65 kg wet, 65 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-12-20 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

0.195 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 OBJECT A
1 44879U 19093A   25166.88955276  .00002994  00000-0  29572-3 0  9996
2 44879  97.8065 248.5678 0011872 185.0026 175.1077 14.92654225297354

Epoch: 2025-06-15T21:20Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-15T21:20:57.358Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

23.92063°

Altitude

600.949 km

Speed

7.555 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 34m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-18.99996°

Longitude

26.87401°

Altitude

604.653 km

Speed

7.552 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

19h 56m 13s

Apparent Declination

-58° 03' 03"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:20:09

Azimuth

142.514° SSE

Elevation

-30.142°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

594.952 km

Perigee altitude

578.414 km

Semi-major axis

6,964.82 km

Eccentricity

0.00119

Inclination

97.8065°

RAAN

248.5678°

Arg. of periapsis

185.0026°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

175.1077°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.73403 °/min

Orbital period

96.41 mins

BSTAR

0.00029572

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Other satellites on launch #93 in the year 2019 (2019-12-20 UTC)

OBJECT A 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	2025-06-16 05:30:57.415Z	169.921° S	2025-06-16 05:33:57.415Z	189.794° SSW	43.239°	2025-06-16 05:37:57.415Z	345.296° N
5 mins	2025-06-16 18:50:57.415Z	340.858° N	2025-06-16 18:52:57.415Z	285.765° WNW	32.442°	2025-06-16 18:55:57.415Z	223.453° SW

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