OBJECT A, 53346

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OBJECT A, 53346 is a satellite owned by CAST (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 04 Aug 2022 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

53346, 2022-090A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-968?, Unknown motor

Mass

~1,500 kg wet, ~1,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-08-04 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m

Radar Cross Section

2.315 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 OBJECT A
1 53346U 22090A   26172.49982368  .00002594  00000-0  11852-3 0  9991
2 53346  97.3135 240.4871 0003909 161.9224 198.2152 15.21430737215462

Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:59:44.765Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

150.85138°

Altitude

507.174 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 01m 56s

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

21:24:17

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

501.172 km

Perigee altitude

495.796 km

Semi-major axis

6,876.621 km

Eccentricity

0.00039

Inclination

97.3135°

RAAN

240.4871°

Arg. of periapsis

161.9224°

True anomaly

198.2012°

Mean anomaly

198.2152°

Eccentric anomaly

198.2082°

Mean motion

3.8061 °/min

Orbital period

94.58 mins

BSTAR

0.00011852

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Other satellites on launch #90 in the year 2022 (2022-08-04 UTC)

OBJECT B, 53347 (Decayed)

CZ-4B R/B, 53349 (Decayed)

OBJECT C, 53348 (Decayed)

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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.
6 mins	2026-06-22 16:58:17.340Z	30.069° NE	2026-06-22 17:01:17.340Z	91.103° ESE	31.383°	2026-06-22 17:04:17.340Z	163.795° S
5 mins	2026-06-23 05:10:17.340Z	210.042° SW	2026-06-23 05:12:17.340Z	257.335° W	27.194°	2026-06-23 05:15:17.340Z	323.219° NNW

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OBJECT A, 53346

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T11:59:44.765Z)

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