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MULTIFUNCTION TEST SAT, 46233 (Decayed)

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MULTIFUNCTION TEST SAT, 46233 was a payload satellite owned by Junshi Kexue YY (CN) in LEO that was launched on Sun, 23 Aug 2020 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

46233, 2020-058B

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

9 months ago

Origin

PLA Academy of Military Science (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Junshi Kexue YY

Mission

Decayed Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

CUBESAT?, Unknown motor

Mass

~10 kg wet, ~10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-08-23 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.080 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 months ago

0 MULTIFUNCTION TEST SAT
1 46233U 20058B   24234.62244668  .07937579  24342-5  11767-2 0  9997
2 46233  97.2605 307.7228 0013441 252.3320 107.6510 16.34227145223875

Epoch: 2024-08-21T14:56Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-08-21T14:56:19.393Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

113.22001°

Altitude

187.137 km

Speed

7.792 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 30m 53s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

186.825 km

Perigee altitude

169.201 km

Semi-major axis

6,556.15 km

Eccentricity

0.0013441

Inclination

97.2605°

RAAN

307.7228°

Arg. of periapsis

252.332°

True anomaly

107.7977°

Mean anomaly

107.651°

Eccentric anomaly

107.72436°

Mean motion

4.08855 °/min

BSTAR

0.0011767

Orbital period

88.05 mins

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MULTIFUNCTION TEST SAT Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

This satellite is decayed

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