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YAOGAN-43 02A, 60945

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-43 02A, 60945 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 03 Sep 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

60945, 2024-156A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

4 hours ago

Origin

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (China) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Operational Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-03 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 5 m

Radar Cross Section

11.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 4 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-43 02A
1 60945U 24156A   25129.24455143  .00020855  00000-0  84244-3 0  9994
2 60945  34.9964 218.4028 0004296 133.7654 226.3417 15.23872795 37875

Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:52Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T05:52:09.243Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-96.9392°

Altitude

495.117 km

Speed

7.618 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 33m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

28.57419°

Longitude

31.41329°

Altitude

490.746 km

Speed

7.626 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 57m 04s

Apparent Declination

-6° 24' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:42:36

Azimuth

72.085° E

Elevation

-29.574°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

500.378 km

Perigee altitude

494.471 km

Semi-major axis

6,875.561 km

Eccentricity

0.0004296

Inclination

34.9964°

RAAN

218.4028°

Arg. of periapsis

133.7654°

True anomaly

226.3061°

Mean anomaly

226.3417°

Eccentric anomaly

226.3239°

Mean motion

3.80698 °/min

BSTAR

0.00084244

Orbital period

94.56 mins

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CZ-4B R/B, 60951 (Decayed)

YAOGAN-43 02A 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	2025-05-09 10:51:15.545Z	228.562° WSW	2025-05-09 10:54:15.545Z	176.299° S	26.066°	2025-05-09 10:57:15.545Z	111.028° ESE
5 mins	2025-05-09 12:32:15.545Z	233.659° WSW	2025-05-09 12:34:15.545Z	169.591° S	31.283°	2025-05-09 12:37:15.545Z	115.039° SE
5 mins	2025-05-09 14:11:15.545Z	239.58° WSW	2025-05-09 14:13:15.545Z	198.299° SSW	21.521°	2025-05-09 14:16:15.545Z	144.649° SSE

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