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TIANHUI 5C, 60211

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANHUI 5C, 60211 is a payload satellite owned by G. Cehui dili (CN) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 04 Jul 2024 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

60211, 2024-126A

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)

2024-07-04 (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: 15 hours ago

TLE from 15 hours ago

0 TIANHUI 5C
1 60211U 24126A   26002.62862091  .00001096  00000-0  12659-3 0  9991
2 60211  97.8204  12.5528 0001552  89.2121 270.9273 14.87581120 81276

Epoch: 2026-01-02T15:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-02T15:05:12.846Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

43.98318°

Altitude

608.513 km

Speed

7.555 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 50m 12s

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

05:48:30

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

603.606 km

Perigee altitude

601.44 km

Semi-major axis

6,980.66 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

97.8204°

RAAN

12.5528°

Arg. of periapsis

89.2121°

True anomaly

270.90952°

Mean anomaly

270.9273°

Eccentric anomaly

270.91841°

Mean motion

3.72133 °/min

Orbital period

96.74 mins

BSTAR

0.00012659

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Other satellites on launch #126 in the year 2024 (2024-07-04 UTC)

CZ-6A R/B, 60214

TIANHUI 5D, 60212

CZ-6A DEB, 60213

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TIANHUI 5C 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	2026-01-03 12:39:28.164Z	44.242° NE	2026-01-03 12:42:28.164Z	99.52° ESE	23.971°	2026-01-03 12:45:28.164Z	150.366° SSE
4 mins	2026-01-03 14:16:28.164Z	323.617° NNW	2026-01-03 14:18:28.164Z	281.212° WNW	22.141°	2026-01-03 14:20:28.164Z	246.55° WSW
4 mins	2026-01-03 23:32:28.164Z	97.512° ESE	2026-01-03 23:34:28.164Z	62.404° ENE	17.945°	2026-01-03 23:36:28.164Z	30.044° NE
6 mins	2026-01-04 01:07:28.164Z	208.742° SW	2026-01-04 01:09:28.164Z	251.699° W	29.525°	2026-01-04 01:13:28.164Z	327.869° NNW

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TIANHUI 5C, 60211

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 15 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-02T15:05:12.846Z)

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