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SZ-18, 59591 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SZ-18, 59591 was a payload satellite owned by ZZHGB (CN) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 25 Apr 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2F launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

59591, 2024-078A

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

6 months ago

Origin

China Manned Space Agency (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CALT

Mission

Decayed spacecraft

Bus & Motor

SHENZHOU, Unknown motor

Mass

~8,100 kg wet, 3,258 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-04-25 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2F

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

RCS unknown

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TLE from 6 months ago

0 SZ-18
1 59591U 24078A   24359.92985094  .00031516  00000-0  37566-3 0  9995
2 59591  41.4680   0.7868 0001977 253.7428 106.3193 15.60398761 29008

Epoch: 2024-12-24T22:18Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2024-12-24T22:18:59.121Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-67.89046°

Altitude

386.48 km

Speed

7.68 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 03m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

390.075 km

Perigee altitude

387.399 km

Semi-major axis

6,766.874 km

Eccentricity

0.0002

Inclination

41.468°

RAAN

0.7868°

Arg. of periapsis

253.7428°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

106.3193°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.89907 °/min

Orbital period

92.33 mins

BSTAR

0.00037566

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Other satellites on launch #78 in the year 2024 (2024-04-25 UTC)

CZ-2F R/B, 59592 (Decayed)

CZ-2F DEB, 59593 (Decayed)

CZ-2F DEB, 59594 (Decayed)

CZ-2F DEB, 59595 (Decayed)

SZ-18 MODULE, 62077 (Decayed)

SZ-18 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.
4 mins	2025-07-04 13:34:40.958Z	273.975° WNW	2025-07-04 13:36:40.958Z	167.645° S	39.385°	2025-07-04 13:38:40.958Z	120.248° SE

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