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SHIJIAN 6 05A (SJ-6 05A), 49961

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIJIAN 6 05A (SJ-6 05A), 49961 is a payload satellite owned by CASC (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 10 Dec 2021 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B 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

49961, 2021-122A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

FY-1?, Unknown motor

Mass

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

Launch date (UTC)

2021-12-10 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 8.6 m

Radar Cross Section

5.659 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 SHIJIAN 6 05A (SJ-6 05A)
1 49961U 21122A   25123.96771311  .00004064  00000-0  35489-3 0  9991
2 49961  97.3612 109.3349 0002405  84.1774 275.9723 14.97315522187471

Epoch: 2025-05-03T23:13Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T23:13:30.412Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-101.14418°

Altitude

578.082 km

Speed

7.572 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 17m 20s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

82.63805°

Longitude

175.35385°

Altitude

587.084 km

Speed

7.575 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 02m 42s

Apparent Declination

28° 22' 41"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:40:47

Azimuth

8.976° NNE

Elevation

-21.134°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

573.861 km

Perigee altitude

570.518 km

Semi-major axis

6,950.326 km

Eccentricity

0.0002405

Inclination

97.3612°

RAAN

109.3349°

Arg. of periapsis

84.1774°

True anomaly

275.94489°

Mean anomaly

275.9723°

Eccentric anomaly

275.95859°

Mean motion

3.74572 °/min

BSTAR

0.00035489

Orbital period

96.11 mins

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Other satellites on launch #122 in the year 2021 (2021-12-10 UTC)

SHIJIAN 6 05B (SJ-6 05B), 49962

CZ-4B DEB, 49963 (Decayed)

CZ-4B R/B, 49964 (Decayed)

CZ-4B DEB, 49965 (Decayed)

SHIJIAN 6 05A (SJ-6 05A) 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	2025-05-04 11:01:56.572Z	44.993° NE	2025-05-04 11:04:56.572Z	97.886° ESE	21.288°	2025-05-04 11:07:56.572Z	147.108° SSE
5 mins	2025-05-04 12:37:56.572Z	332.278° NNW	2025-05-04 12:39:56.572Z	291.438° WNW	23.389°	2025-05-04 12:42:56.572Z	237.421° WSW
6 mins	2025-05-04 23:24:56.572Z	194.903° SSW	2025-05-04 23:27:56.572Z	281.575° WNW	34.904°	2025-05-04 23:30:56.572Z	333.321° NNW

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