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YAOGAN-43 02B, 60946

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-43 02B, 60946 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

60946, 2024-156B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 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 17 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-43 02B
1 60946U 24156B   25128.66550471  .00014983  00000-0  62194-3 0  9995
2 60946  34.9950 222.1750 0004202  58.9651 301.1476 15.23009155 37731

Epoch: 2025-05-08T15:58Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T15:58:19.606Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

115.86054°

Altitude

494.184 km

Speed

7.621 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 48m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-14.78112°

Longitude

89.34251°

Altitude

498.764 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 05m 18s

Apparent Declination

-42° 40' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:19:03

Azimuth

242.007° WSW

Elevation

-37.826°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

502.911 km

Perigee altitude

497.131 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.158 km

Eccentricity

0.0004202

Inclination

34.995°

RAAN

222.175°

Arg. of periapsis

58.9651°

True anomaly

301.10638°

Mean anomaly

301.1476°

Eccentric anomaly

301.12699°

Mean motion

3.80483 °/min

BSTAR

0.00062194

Orbital period

94.62 mins

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YAOGAN-43 02B 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	2025-05-09 11:09:46.114Z	211.328° SW	2025-05-09 11:10:46.114Z	185.308° SSW	27.532°	2025-05-09 11:13:46.114Z	112.722° SE
5 mins	2025-05-09 12:48:46.114Z	238.758° WSW	2025-05-09 12:50:46.114Z	182.246° SSW	31.071°	2025-05-09 12:53:46.114Z	119.978° SE
4 mins	2025-05-09 14:28:46.114Z	227.009° WSW	2025-05-09 14:29:46.114Z	206.469° SW	19.014°	2025-05-09 14:32:46.114Z	152.718° SSE

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