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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

17 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 (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, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

2.315 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 SHIJIAN 6 05B (SJ-6 05B)
1 49962U 21122B   25123.93349116  .00003702  00000-0  23326-3 0  9998
2 49962  97.3433 115.1134 0002654  63.1195 297.0306 15.09734723187957

Epoch: 2025-05-03T22:24Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-03T22:24:13.636Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-83.01206°

Altitude

539.254 km

Speed

7.593 km/s

True Right ascension

07h 40m 27s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-26.82917°

Longitude

-78.60162°

Altitude

547.037 km

Speed

7.587 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 34m 04s

Apparent Declination

-36° 04' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:37:35

Azimuth

90.907° ESE

Elevation

-65.487°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

535.821 km

Perigee altitude

532.152 km

Semi-major axis

6,912.124 km

Eccentricity

0.0002654

Inclination

97.3433°

RAAN

115.1134°

Arg. of periapsis

63.1195°

True anomaly

297.00351°

Mean anomaly

297.0306°

Eccentric anomaly

297.01705°

Mean motion

3.77682 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023326

Orbital period

95.32 mins

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

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

CZ-4B DEB, 49963 (Decayed)

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

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	2025-05-04 23:59:56.547Z	217.364° SW	2025-05-05 00:01:56.547Z	272.888° WNW	27.893°	2025-05-05 00:04:56.547Z	326.613° NNW
5 mins	2025-05-05 11:34:56.547Z	54.943° ENE	2025-05-05 11:36:56.547Z	103.152° ESE	24.313°	2025-05-05 11:39:56.547Z	154.944° SSE

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