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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

46479, 2020-067B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Science

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, Unknown motor

Mass

510 kg wet, 510 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2020-09-27 (5 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

2.715 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 HJ-2B
1 46479U 20067B   25129.17304152  .00001094  00000-0  16416-3 0  9992
2 46479  97.9181 212.0155 0000768 169.6475 190.4751 14.76536493248641

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:09Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:09:10.787Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-77.51243°

Altitude

643.824 km

Speed

7.536 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 08m 03s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-2.97082°

Longitude

-76.90233°

Altitude

644.261 km

Speed

7.535 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

11h 13m 17s

Apparent Declination

-41° 48' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:10:23

Azimuth

235.237° WSW

Elevation

-24.865°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

637.863 km

Perigee altitude

636.786 km

Semi-major axis

7,015.461 km

Eccentricity

0.0000768

Inclination

97.9181°

RAAN

212.0155°

Arg. of periapsis

169.6475°

True anomaly

190.4735°

Mean anomaly

190.4751°

Eccentric anomaly

190.4743°

Mean motion

3.69368 °/min

BSTAR

0.00016416

Orbital period

97.46 mins

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Other satellites on launch #67 in the year 2020 (2020-09-27 UTC)

HJ-2A, 46478

CZ-4B DEB, 46480

CZ-4B R/B, 46481 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 46482 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 46483 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 46484

CZ-4B DEB, 49046

HJ-2B 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	2025-05-09 17:44:07.552Z	32.723° NE	2025-05-09 17:48:07.552Z	100.143° ESE	28.746°	2025-05-09 17:51:07.552Z	155.786° SSE
5 mins	2025-05-09 19:22:07.552Z	330.298° NNW	2025-05-09 19:24:07.552Z	296.742° NW	20.129°	2025-05-09 19:27:07.552Z	248.315° W
6 mins	2025-05-10 04:42:07.552Z	114.882° SE	2025-05-10 04:44:07.552Z	80.178° E	23.893°	2025-05-10 04:48:07.552Z	13.14° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-10 06:19:07.552Z	226.13° WSW	2025-05-10 06:21:07.552Z	266.445° W	23.84°	2025-05-10 06:24:07.552Z	316.606° NNW

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