HJ-2B, 46479
Orbit data source: Space-Track
HJ-2B, 46479 is a payload satellite owned by CRESDA (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 27 Sep 2020 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000, Unknown motor
Mass
510 kg wet, 510 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 1.0 m
Radar Cross Section
2.715 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 12 hours ago
TLE from 12 hours ago
0 HJ-2B
1 46479U 20067B 26272.15708703 -.00000107 00000-0 -82052-5 0 9997
2 46479 97.8827 349.1320 0000806 99.8510 260.2791 14.76572253323604Epoch: 2026-09-29T03:46Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-29T03:46:12.319Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
-75.34545°
Altitude
643.278 km
Speed
7.536 km/s
True Right ascension
23h 16m 31s
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
09:22:28
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
637.775 km
Perigee altitude
636.644 km
Semi-major axis
7,015.346 km
Eccentricity
0.00008
Inclination
97.8827°
RAAN
349.132°
Arg. of periapsis
99.851°
True anomaly
260.27°
Mean anomaly
260.2791°
Eccentric anomaly
260.27455°
Mean motion
3.69377 °/min
Orbital period
97.46 mins
BSTAR
-0.0000082052
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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 2020 (2020-09-27 UTC)
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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. |
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| 6 mins | 2026-09-29 17:22:15.606Z | 45.176° ENE | 2026-09-29 17:25:15.606Z | 99.657° ESE | 27.226° | 2026-09-29 17:28:15.606Z | 149.584° SSE |
| 5 mins | 2026-09-29 18:59:15.606Z | 333.653° NNW | 2026-09-29 19:01:15.606Z | 297.162° NW | 25.977° | 2026-09-29 19:04:15.606Z | 243.232° WSW |
| 4 mins | 2026-09-30 04:20:15.606Z | 95.138° ESE | 2026-09-30 04:21:15.606Z | 77.09° E | 21.795° | 2026-09-30 04:24:15.606Z | 25.651° NE |
| 6 mins | 2026-09-30 05:55:15.606Z | 208.043° SW | 2026-09-30 05:58:15.606Z | 268.935° W | 32.46° | 2026-09-30 06:01:15.606Z | 321.784° NNW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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