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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
NUDT Changsha
Mission
Decayed Amateur Communications
Bus & Motor
TT2, Unknown motor
Mass
~20 kg wet, 20 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.3 m
Radar Cross Section
0.475 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 months ago
TLE from 5 months 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 16.39860636260058Epoch: 2025-04-16T14:56Z
TLE epoch observation values (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
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
23:45:23
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
172.137 km
Perigee altitude
153.81 km
Semi-major axis
6,541.11 km
Eccentricity
0.0014
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
Orbital period
87.75 mins
BSTAR
0.00071549
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Other satellites on launch #58 in the year 2020 (2020-08-23 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.TIANTUO 5 Visibility
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