OBJECT A, 51946

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OBJECT A, 51946 is a Chinese satellite in LEO that was launched on Sat, 05 Mar 2022 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

51946, 2022-023A

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2022-03-05 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

3.313 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 OBJECT A
1 51946U 22023A   26172.51484918  .00008615  00000-0  37306-3 0  9994
2 51946  63.4859 255.7309 0107133 343.3620  16.3986 15.17967851238375

Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:21:22.969Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

160.67116°

Altitude

443.146 km

Speed

7.686 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 02m 55s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

21:30:07

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

584.504 km

Perigee altitude

436.9 km

Semi-major axis

6,888.839 km

Eccentricity

0.01071

Inclination

63.4859°

RAAN

255.7309°

Arg. of periapsis

343.362°

True anomaly

16.74969°

Mean anomaly

16.3986°

Eccentric anomaly

16.57369°

Mean motion

3.79598 °/min

Orbital period

94.84 mins

BSTAR

0.00037306

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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.
7 mins	2026-06-22 15:45:06.649Z	334.304° NNW	2026-06-22 15:49:06.649Z	75.25° E	40.528°	2026-06-22 15:52:06.649Z	132.15° SE
6 mins	2026-06-23 07:12:06.649Z	216.034° SW	2026-06-23 07:15:06.649Z	19.919° NNE	41.99°	2026-06-23 07:18:06.649Z	32.248° NE

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OBJECT A, 51946

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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