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YAOGAN-43 02E, 60949

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-43 02E, 60949 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

60949, 2024-156E

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 02E
1 60949U 24156E   25128.67075292  .00018447  00000-0  76856-3 0  9991
2 60949  34.9910 222.2541 0008118 351.7465   8.3115 15.22831001 37734

Epoch: 2025-05-08T16:05Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T16:05:53.052Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

114.04512°

Altitude

490.691 km

Speed

7.625 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 49m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-5.36164°

Longitude

101.85876°

Altitude

491.457 km

Speed

7.624 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 59m 31s

Apparent Declination

-40° 35' 25"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

17:31:12

Azimuth

240.134° WSW

Elevation

-29.851°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.142 km

Perigee altitude

494.973 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.695 km

Eccentricity

0.0008118

Inclination

34.991°

RAAN

222.2541°

Arg. of periapsis

351.7465°

True anomaly

8.32496°

Mean anomaly

8.3115°

Eccentric anomaly

8.31823°

Mean motion

3.80438 °/min

BSTAR

0.00076856

Orbital period

94.63 mins

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YAOGAN-43 02E 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 09:37:53.582Z	191.678° SSW	2025-05-09 09:39:53.582Z	158.526° S	15.212°	2025-05-09 09:41:53.582Z	124.229° SE
5 mins	2025-05-09 11:16:53.582Z	227.565° WSW	2025-05-09 11:18:53.582Z	185.182° SSW	28.517°	2025-05-09 11:21:53.582Z	112.331° ESE
5 mins	2025-05-09 12:56:53.582Z	238.623° WSW	2025-05-09 12:58:53.582Z	182.089° SSW	30.664°	2025-05-09 13:01:53.582Z	121.524° SE
4 mins	2025-05-09 14:36:53.582Z	226.145° WSW	2025-05-09 14:37:53.582Z	206.349° SW	18.051°	2025-05-09 14:40:53.582Z	154.908° SSE

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