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BEIJING 3B, 53587

Orbit data source: Space-Track

BEIJING 3B, 53587 is a payload satellite owned by 21AT (CN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 24 Aug 2022 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

53587, 2022-103A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

21st Century Space Technology Application Co., Ltd. (CN)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

BJ3B, Unknown motor

Mass

~4,000 kg wet, ~4,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2022-08-24 (4 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Hex Cyl + 3 Pan, 4.0 m

Radar Cross Section

10.645 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 BEIJING 3B
1 53587U 22103A   26172.52251450  .00000782  00000-0  92520-4 0  9997
2 53587  97.8012 249.8608 0025727  42.7326 317.5885 14.87199858207737

Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:32:25.252Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

152.03401°

Altitude

596.474 km

Speed

7.569 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 39m 26s

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

21:28:14

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

621.678 km

Perigee altitude

585.754 km

Semi-major axis

6,981.853 km

Eccentricity

0.00257

Inclination

97.8012°

RAAN

249.8608°

Arg. of periapsis

42.7326°

True anomaly

317.38919°

Mean anomaly

317.5885°

Eccentric anomaly

317.48889°

Mean motion

3.72038 °/min

Orbital period

96.76 mins

BSTAR

0.00009252

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BEIJING 3B Visibility forecast

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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 18:10:13.602Z	8.269° NNE	2026-06-22 18:13:13.602Z	339.811° N	42.531°	2026-06-22 18:17:13.602Z	199.75° SSW
6 mins	2026-06-23 05:03:13.602Z	153.433° SSE	2026-06-23 05:05:13.602Z	101.121° ESE	42.84°	2026-06-23 05:09:13.602Z	352.989° N

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BEIJING 3B, 53587

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:32:25.252Z)

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