OBJECT C, 59679

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OBJECT C, 59679 is a satellite owned by Harbin (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 07 May 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6C 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.

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Identifier

59679, 2024-085C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Harbin Institute of Technology (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

HITSAT/DFH

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

WSX, Unknown motor

Mass

~50 kg wet, ~50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-05-07 (1 year ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 59679U 24085C   25214.47051307  .00008164  00000-0  30980-3 0  9998
2 59679  97.3643 288.7999 0033012  93.9086 266.5928 15.26586702 68909

Epoch: 2025-08-02T11:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-02T11:17:32.329Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

168.10898°

Altitude

490.547 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

True Right ascension

19h 15m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

52.01624°

Longitude

158.83794°

Altitude

477.272 km

Speed

7.642 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 17m 38s

Apparent Declination

8° 11' 31"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:59:58

Azimuth

354.14° N

Elevation

-41.719°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

505.63 km

Perigee altitude

460.33 km

Semi-major axis

6,861.117 km

Eccentricity

0.0033

Inclination

97.3643°

RAAN

288.7999°

Arg. of periapsis

93.9086°

True anomaly

266.21527°

Mean anomaly

266.5928°

Eccentric anomaly

266.40403°

Mean motion

3.81901 °/min

Orbital period

94.27 mins

BSTAR

0.0003098

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OBJECT C Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-08-02 18:08:24.542Z	359.637° N	2025-08-02 18:11:24.542Z	278.723° WNW	38.115°	2025-08-02 18:14:24.542Z	209.488° SW
5 mins	2025-08-03 04:44:24.542Z	140.975° SSE	2025-08-03 04:46:24.542Z	83.621° E	35.945°	2025-08-03 04:49:24.542Z	2.838° NNE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions

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