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

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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

49962, 2021-122B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

4 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

SJ6-5A, Unknown motor

Mass

~350 kg wet, ~350 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2021-12-10 (4 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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

2.315 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 4 hours ago

0 SHIJIAN 6 05B (SJ-6 05B)
1 49962U 21122B   25183.71142527  .00001785  00000-0  11360-3 0  9991
2 49962  97.3445 172.4167 0002278 126.1601 233.9840 15.09988978196973

Epoch: 2025-07-02T17:04Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-02T17:04:27.143Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-4.685°

Altitude

540.239 km

Speed

7.592 km/s

True Right ascension

11h 29m 40s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

78.40366°

Longitude

-145.88199°

Altitude

548.038 km

Speed

7.596 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 27m 29s

Apparent Declination

27° 18' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

08:25:36

Azimuth

345.268° N

Elevation

-21.248°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

534.785 km

Perigee altitude

531.636 km

Semi-major axis

6,911.347 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

97.3445°

RAAN

172.4167°

Arg. of periapsis

126.1601°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

233.984°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.77745 °/min

Orbital period

95.3 mins

BSTAR

0.0001136

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

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CZ-4B DEB, 49965 (Decayed)

SHIJIAN 6 05B (SJ-6 05B) 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.
5 mins	2025-07-02 23:34:31.689Z	189.144° SSW	2025-07-02 23:36:31.689Z	250.258° W	39.729°	2025-07-02 23:39:31.689Z	335.809° NNW
4 mins	2025-07-03 12:44:31.689Z	329.833° NNW	2025-07-03 12:46:31.689Z	273.342° WNW	26.974°	2025-07-03 12:48:31.689Z	233.294° WSW

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