TIANHUI 6A, 55836
Orbit data source: Space-Track
TIANHUI 6A, 55836 is a payload satellite owned by G. Cehui dili (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 09 Mar 2023 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
DFH
Mission
Operational Civil Radar Imaging
Bus & Motor
CAST-2000?, Unknown motor
Mass
~1,000 kg wet, ~1,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 3.0 m
Radar Cross Section
8.157 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago
TLE from 22 hours ago
0 TIANHUI 6A
1 55836U 23030A 26172.50648731 -.00000005 00000-0 25797-4 0 9997
2 55836 99.0148 180.6878 0002115 12.7581 347.3637 14.01358356168005Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:09Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-06-21T12:09:20.503Z)
Latitude
-0.00006°
Longitude
88.6466°
Altitude
890.474 km
Speed
7.408 km/s
True Right ascension
12h 02m 45s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
21:24:47
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
887.83 km
Perigee altitude
884.757 km
Semi-major axis
7,264.431 km
Eccentricity
0.00021
Inclination
99.0148°
RAAN
180.6878°
Arg. of periapsis
12.7581°
True anomaly
347.3584°
Mean anomaly
347.3637°
Eccentric anomaly
347.36105°
Mean motion
3.50543 °/min
Orbital period
102.7 mins
BSTAR
0.000025797
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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2023 (2023-03-09 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.TIANHUI 6A 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. |
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| 9 mins | 2026-06-22 12:44:47.744Z | 36.607° NE | 2026-06-22 12:48:47.744Z | 92.351° ESE | 30.521° | 2026-06-22 12:53:47.744Z | 161.73° S |
| 8 mins | 2026-06-22 14:26:47.744Z | 344.972° N | 2026-06-22 14:30:47.744Z | 284.831° WNW | 26.997° | 2026-06-22 14:34:47.744Z | 236.447° WSW |
| 9 mins | 2026-06-23 00:15:47.744Z | 153.158° SSE | 2026-06-23 00:19:47.744Z | 100.348° ESE | 42.68° | 2026-06-23 00:24:47.744Z | 352.508° N |
| 4 mins | 2026-06-23 02:00:47.744Z | 253.269° W | 2026-06-23 02:01:47.744Z | 265.177° W | 14.77° | 2026-06-23 02:04:47.744Z | 299.222° NW |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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