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TIANHUI 5A, 58199

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANHUI 5A, 58199 is a payload satellite owned by G. Cehui dili (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 31 Oct 2023 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A 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

58199, 2023-168A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN)

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)

2023-10-31 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 7.0 m

Radar Cross Section

12.451 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 22 hours ago

TLE from 22 hours ago

0 TIANHUI 5A
1 58199U 23168A   26094.48909125  .00000787  00000-0  92546-4 0  9993
2 58199  97.8211 102.9121 0001558  88.4878 271.6517 14.87592261131649

Epoch: 2026-04-04T11:44Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-04T11:44:17.484Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

94.03111°

Altitude

608.464 km

Speed

7.555 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 51m 38s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight 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

15:31:21

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

603.576 km

Perigee altitude

601.401 km

Semi-major axis

6,980.625 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

97.8211°

RAAN

102.9121°

Arg. of periapsis

88.4878°

True anomaly

271.63385°

Mean anomaly

271.6517°

Eccentric anomaly

271.64278°

Mean motion

3.72136 °/min

Orbital period

96.74 mins

BSTAR

0.000092546

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Other satellites on launch #168 in the year 2023 (2023-10-31 UTC)

CZ-6A DEB, 58202

TIANHUI 5B, 58201

CZ-6A R/B, 58200

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TIANHUI 5A 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	2026-04-05 12:32:00.434Z	44.198° NE	2026-04-05 12:35:00.434Z	91.926° ESE	20.976°	2026-04-05 12:38:00.434Z	142.897° SSE
5 mins	2026-04-05 14:09:00.434Z	331.939° NNW	2026-04-05 14:11:00.434Z	288.315° WNW	25.433°	2026-04-05 14:14:00.434Z	235.272° WSW
6 mins	2026-04-06 01:00:00.434Z	199.215° SSW	2026-04-06 01:03:00.434Z	276.337° WNW	32.981°	2026-04-06 01:06:00.434Z	329.384° NNW

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TIANHUI 5A, 58199

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 22 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-04T11:44:17.484Z)

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