DECAYED

OBJECT A, 53948 (Decayed)

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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
53948, 2022-121A
Orbit
Decayed
Last TLE update
2 months ago
Origin
Manufacturer
SAST
Mission
Decayed Defense Technology
Bus & Motor
Unknown
Mass
~100 kg wet, 100 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
2022-09-26 (3 years ago)
Launch vehicle
CHANG ZHENG 6
Launch site
Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)
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 2 months 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 16.48190633137113
Epoch: 2025-03-08T08:53Z
Definitive 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
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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
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