OBJECT A, 56846

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OBJECT A, 56846 is a satellite in SSO that was launched on Wed, 07 Jun 2023 UTC via a LIJIAN-1 launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

56846, 2023-081A

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

FUCHW (TBD)

Manufacturer

Changsha Tianyi

Mission

Operational Commercial Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

300 kg wet, 300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2023-06-07 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

LIJIAN-1

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 5 m

Radar Cross Section

4.795 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 OBJECT A
1 56846U 23081A   25181.50703341  .00001600  00000-0  79295-4 0  9996
2 56846  97.4121 253.0040 0001709  88.0843 272.0587 15.19171310114542

Epoch: 2025-06-30T12:10Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T12:10:07.686Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

151.65613°

Altitude

511.391 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 52m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

76.54275°

Longitude

4.59744°

Altitude

520.215 km

Speed

7.611 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 03m 02s

Apparent Declination

35° 47' 22"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:56:58

Azimuth

11.205° NNE

Elevation

-13.283°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.487 km

Perigee altitude

504.135 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.448 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

97.4121°

RAAN

253.004°

Arg. of periapsis

88.0843°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

272.0587°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.80044 °/min

Orbital period

94.73 mins

BSTAR

0.000079295

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Other satellites on launch #81 in the year 2023 (2023-06-07 UTC)

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OBJECT AB, 56871 (Decayed)

OBJECT AC, 56872 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 56847

OBJECT C, 56848 (Decayed)

OBJECT D, 56849 (Decayed)

OBJECT E, 56850 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 56851

OBJECT G, 56852 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 56853 (Decayed)

OBJECT J, 56854 (Decayed)

OBJECT K, 56855 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 56856

OBJECT M, 56857 (Decayed)

OBJECT A 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.
6 mins	2025-06-30 17:28:20.107Z	19.441° NNE	2025-06-30 17:31:20.107Z	79.186° E	41.622°	2025-06-30 17:34:20.107Z	180.697° SSW
4 mins	2025-07-01 04:08:20.107Z	105.919° ESE	2025-07-01 04:09:20.107Z	83.208° E	22.344°	2025-07-01 04:12:20.107Z	19.725° NNE
4 mins	2025-07-01 05:42:20.107Z	237.773° WSW	2025-07-01 05:43:20.107Z	258.042° W	17.982°	2025-07-01 05:46:20.107Z	312.389° NW
5 mins	2025-07-01 17:12:20.107Z	41.113° NE	2025-07-01 17:14:20.107Z	94.602° ESE	31.089°	2025-07-01 17:17:20.107Z	163.535° S

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