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OBJECT AQ, 57042 (Decayed)

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OBJECT AQ, 57042 was a Chinese satellite in LEO that was launched on Thu, 15 Jun 2023 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D 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

57042, 2023-085AQ

Orbit

Decayed

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Decayed Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2023-06-15 (3 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

2.000 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 months ago

TLE from 8 months ago

0 OBJECT AQ
1 57042U 23085AQ  25280.48228669  .15235839  26321-5  23836-3 0  9998
2 57042  97.4492  43.1983 0010048 265.2659  94.7497 16.47933047129287

Epoch: 2025-10-07T11:34Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-07T11:34:29.570Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-146.79545°

Altitude

148.594 km

Speed

7.817 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 52m 47s

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

21:32:16

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

148.135 km

Perigee altitude

135.033 km

Semi-major axis

6,519.721 km

Eccentricity

0.001

Inclination

97.4492°

RAAN

43.1983°

Arg. of periapsis

265.2659°

True anomaly

94.86443°

Mean anomaly

94.7497°

Eccentric anomaly

94.80707°

Mean motion

4.12287 °/min

Orbital period

87.32 mins

BSTAR

0.00023836

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OBJECT C, 57006 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 57014

OBJECT N, 57016 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 57005 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 57009 (Decayed)

OBJECT Z, 57027 (Decayed)

OBJECT V, 57023

OBJECT AG, 57034 (Decayed)

OBJECT AA, 57028 (Decayed)

OBJECT AN, 57040 (Decayed)

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OBJECT AQ, 57042 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 months ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-07T11:34:29.570Z)

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