OBJECT C, 51948

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OBJECT C, 51948 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

51948, 2022-023C

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 C
1 51948U 22023C   26172.51823273  .00007157  00000-0  31461-3 0  9993
2 51948  63.4943 256.5380 0103886 350.4476   9.4659 15.17967507238376

Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:26Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:26:15.307Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

160.25688°

Altitude

443.313 km

Speed

7.686 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 06m 09s

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

21:30:58

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

582.267 km

Perigee altitude

439.137 km

Semi-major axis

6,888.839 km

Eccentricity

0.01039

Inclination

63.4943°

RAAN

256.538°

Arg. of periapsis

350.4476°

True anomaly

9.66422°

Mean anomaly

9.4659°

Eccentric anomaly

9.5648°

Mean motion

3.79598 °/min

Orbital period

94.84 mins

BSTAR

0.00031461

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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 15:49:57.532Z	333.559° NNW	2026-06-22 15:53:57.532Z	76.789° E	41.089°	2026-06-22 15:56:57.532Z	133.515° SE
5 mins	2026-06-23 07:17:57.532Z	220.732° SW	2026-06-23 07:19:57.532Z	9.919° NNE	42.321°	2026-06-23 07:22:57.532Z	31.303° NE

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OBJECT C, 51948

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:26:15.307Z)

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