OBJECT C, 44881

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OBJECT C, 44881 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

44881, 2019-093C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Sun Yat-sen University (TBD)

Manufacturer

DFH Shenzhen

Mission

Operational Commercial Science

Bus & Motor

TIANQIN, Unknown motor

Mass

35 kg wet, 35 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, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.105 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 44881U 19093C   25166.89117334  .00000856  00000-0  10496-3 0  9995
2 44881  97.7924 242.4089 0013149 205.3502 154.7070 14.85613901297010

Epoch: 2025-06-15T21:23Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-15T21:23:17.376Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

17.17673°

Altitude

623.006 km

Speed

7.543 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 09m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

42.80505°

Longitude

-155.29272°

Altitude

614.498 km

Speed

7.558 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 54m 13s

Apparent Declination

3° 49' 55"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:06:27

Azimuth

343.052° N

Elevation

-44.896°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

617.875 km

Perigee altitude

599.501 km

Semi-major axis

6,986.825 km

Eccentricity

0.00131

Inclination

97.7924°

RAAN

242.4089°

Arg. of periapsis

205.3502°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

154.707°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.71641 °/min

Orbital period

96.87 mins

BSTAR

0.00010496

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OBJECT C 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 05:35:07.340Z	195.421° SSW	2025-06-16 05:39:07.340Z	273.196° WNW	31.009°	2025-06-16 05:42:07.340Z	326.434° NNW
5 mins	2025-06-16 17:23:07.340Z	47.872° ENE	2025-06-16 17:25:07.340Z	98.058° ESE	30.451°	2025-06-16 17:28:07.340Z	159.009° S
4 mins	2025-06-16 18:59:07.340Z	322.053° NNW	2025-06-16 19:01:07.340Z	287.041° WNW	17.57°	2025-06-16 19:03:07.340Z	255.686° W
5 mins	2025-06-17 04:16:07.340Z	102.171° ESE	2025-06-17 04:18:07.340Z	58.81° ENE	23.282°	2025-06-17 04:21:07.340Z	13.984° NNE

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