OBJECT Q, 51838

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OBJECT Q, 51838 is a satellite owned by Changguang WJ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sun, 27 Feb 2022 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 8 launch vehicle from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSC). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier

51838, 2022-019Q

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

Chang Guang Satellite Technology Co., Ltd. (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Changguang WJ

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

JL-1, Unknown motor

Mass

43 kg wet, 43 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-02-27 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 8

Launch site

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 1.5 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 OBJECT Q
1 51838U 22019Q   25182.51176182  .00134880  00000-0  77365-3 0  9993
2 51838  97.3944 271.9051 0003237 251.1852 108.9063 15.78402886186053

Epoch: 2025-07-01T12:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T12:16:56.221Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

167.8647°

Altitude

338.84 km

Speed

7.705 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 07m 37s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-79.08551°

Longitude

-149.87123°

Altitude

360.818 km

Speed

7.692 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 19m 10s

Apparent Declination

-61° 22' 46"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:41:00

Azimuth

192.106° SSW

Elevation

-67.754°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

334.025 km

Perigee altitude

329.681 km

Semi-major axis

6,709.99 km

Eccentricity

0.00032

Inclination

97.3944°

RAAN

271.9051°

Arg. of periapsis

251.1852°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

108.9063°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.94876 °/min

Orbital period

91.17 mins

BSTAR

0.00077365

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Other satellites on launch #19 in the year 2022 (2022-02-27 UTC)

OBJECT A, 51824

OBJECT B, 51825

OBJECT C, 51826 (Decayed)

OBJECT D, 51827

OBJECT E, 51828

OBJECT F, 51829 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 51830 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 51831

OBJECT J, 51832

OBJECT K, 51833 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 51834

OBJECT M, 51835

OBJECT N, 51836 (Decayed)

OBJECT P, 51837 (Decayed)

OBJECT Q Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
4 mins	2025-07-01 18:55:19.157Z	8.03° NNE	2025-07-01 18:57:19.157Z	323.643° NNW	43.635°	2025-07-01 18:59:19.157Z	198.531° SSW

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