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

4 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 4 hours ago

0 OBJECT Q
1 51838U 22019Q   25124.18475046  .00108426  00000-0  10842-2 0  9996
2 51838  97.3966 210.1048 0007227 163.5459 196.6036 15.65211574176893

Epoch: 2025-05-04T04:26Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-04T04:26:02.439Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

-78.72164°

Altitude

380.459 km

Speed

7.679 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 00m 25s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-46.31567°

Longitude

-70.7611°

Altitude

394.759 km

Speed

7.669 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 18m 13s

Apparent Declination

-73° 33' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:39:47

Azimuth

201.536° SSW

Elevation

-43.714°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

374.412 km

Perigee altitude

364.659 km

Semi-major axis

6,747.673 km

Eccentricity

0.0007227

Inclination

97.3966°

RAAN

210.1048°

Arg. of periapsis

163.5459°

True anomaly

196.57996°

Mean anomaly

196.6036°

Eccentric anomaly

196.59178°

Mean motion

3.91572 °/min

BSTAR

0.0010842

Orbital period

91.94 mins

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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 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	2025-05-04 18:48:16.234Z	355.009° N	2025-05-04 18:50:16.234Z	269.252° W	37.24°	2025-05-04 18:52:16.234Z	211.141° SW

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