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TIANHUI 1-04, 49049

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANHUI 1-04, 49049 is a payload satellite owned by G. Cehui dili (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 29 Jul 2021 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

49049, 2021-067A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

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

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000?, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,000 kg wet, ~1,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-07-29 (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 + 2 Pan, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.045 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 TIANHUI 1-04
1 49049U 21067A   26172.53187804  .00003791  00000-0  16225-3 0  9995
2 49049  97.2763 240.5055 0000928 111.8236 248.3100 15.23398603272250

Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:45Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:45:54.262Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

139.29861°

Altitude

498.933 km

Speed

7.615 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 02m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:25:03

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

493.192 km

Perigee altitude

491.917 km

Semi-major axis

6,870.691 km

Eccentricity

0.00009

Inclination

97.2763°

RAAN

240.5055°

Arg. of periapsis

111.8236°

True anomaly

248.30012°

Mean anomaly

248.31°

Eccentric anomaly

248.30506°

Mean motion

3.81103 °/min

Orbital period

94.46 mins

BSTAR

0.00016225

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TIANHUI 1-04 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.
6 mins	2026-06-22 17:42:02.878Z	358.598° N	2026-06-22 17:45:02.878Z	276.076° WNW	37.988°	2026-06-22 17:48:02.878Z	210.121° SW
5 mins	2026-06-23 04:19:02.878Z	143.833° SSE	2026-06-23 04:21:02.878Z	92.315° ESE	37.086°	2026-06-23 04:24:02.878Z	2.726° NNE

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TIANHUI 1-04, 49049

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:45:54.262Z)

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