OBJECT A, 53948 (Decayed)
Orbit data source: Space-Track
Recently launched and/or uncataloged satellites may have evolving metadata. Metadata may include but not limited to: Owner, Maufacturer, Bus, Motor, and Mission.
OBJECT A, 53948 was a satellite owned by SAST (CN) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 26 Sep 2022 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6 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. This object's orbit decayed before it could be identified.
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| Identifier | |
| Orbit | Decayed |
| Last TLE update | 1 week ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | SAST |
| Mission | Decayed Defense Technology |
| Bus & Motor | Unknown |
| Mass | ~100 kg wet, 100 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Unknown |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 2 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.833 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 1 week ago
0 OBJECT A
1 53948U 22121A 25067.37063535 .18795148 26574-5 28295-3 0 9990
2 53948 97.3243 109.8138 0009787 225.6768 269.0240 16.48190633137113Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-03-08T08:53:42.894Z)
| Latitude | 45.04333° |
| Longitude | -2.5793° |
| Altitude | 151.195 km |
| Speed | 7.82 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 19h 48m 40s |
| True Declination | 44° 51' 19" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization observer readout
| Observer readout values are unavailable because the object's trajectory could not be propagated. This is usually caused when the trajectory data is faulty or the object's orbit has decayed. |
Visualization observer readout
| Observer readout values are unavailable because the object's trajectory could not be propagated. This is usually caused when the trajectory data is faulty or the object's orbit has decayed. |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 147.278 km |
| Perigee altitude | 134.518 km |
| Semi-major axis | 6,519.035 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0009787 |
| Inclination | 97.3243° |
| RAAN | 109.8138° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 225.6768° |
| True anomaly | 268.91187° |
| Mean anomaly | 269.024° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 268.96793° |
| Mean motion | 4.12352 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00028295 |
| Orbital period | 87.3 mins |
Other satellites on launch #121 in the year 2022 (2022-09-26 UTC)
| OBJECT B, 53949 (Decayed) |
| OBJECT C, 53950 |
OBJECT A Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
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