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TIANTUO 5, 46234 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANTUO 5, 46234 was a payload satellite owned by NUDT Changsha (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

46234, 2020-058C

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

1 month ago

Origin

National University of Defense Technology (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

NUDT Changsha

Mission

Decayed Amateur Communications

Bus & Motor

TT2, Unknown motor

Mass

~20 kg wet, 20 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, 0.7 m

Radar Cross Section

0.475 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 1 month ago

0 TIANTUO 5
1 46234U 20058C   25106.62265859  .10065499  24406-5  71549-3 0  9995
2 46234  97.2252 177.5446 0014009 265.0720  94.8981 16.39860636260058

Epoch: 2025-04-16T14:56Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-16T14:56:37.702Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

108.38124°

Altitude

170.225 km

Speed

7.804 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 50m 10s

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

172.137 km

Perigee altitude

153.81 km

Semi-major axis

6,541.11 km

Eccentricity

0.0014009

Inclination

97.2252°

RAAN

177.5446°

Arg. of periapsis

265.072°

True anomaly

95.05802°

Mean anomaly

94.8981°

Eccentric anomaly

94.97806°

Mean motion

4.10266 °/min

BSTAR

0.00071549

Orbital period

87.75 mins

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TIANTUO 5 Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

This satellite is decayed

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