OBJECT B, 61228

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OBJECT B, 61228 is a satellite owned by Fudan Univ (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 UTC via a JIELONG-3 launch vehicle from the Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA). 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

61228, 2024-173B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 hours ago

Origin

FUDAN (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SATC

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

FUDAN-1, Unknown motor

Mass

50 kg wet, 50 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-24 (9 months ago)

Launch vehicle

JIELONG-3

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 1 m

Radar Cross Section

0.480 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 OBJECT B
1 61228U 24173B   25180.17571056  .00041991  00000-0  65907-3 0  9998
2 61228  97.3674 260.6733 0005607  11.1791 348.9586 15.53542908 42722

Epoch: 2025-06-29T04:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-29T04:13:01.392Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-80.08614°

Altitude

405.794 km

Speed

7.669 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 22m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

21.92213°

Longitude

-82.65112°

Altitude

405.451 km

Speed

7.671 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

15h 26m 21s

Apparent Declination

-9° 08' 50"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:06:16

Azimuth

305.011° NW

Elevation

-46.231°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

407.113 km

Perigee altitude

399.509 km

Semi-major axis

6,781.448 km

Eccentricity

0.00056

Inclination

97.3674°

RAAN

260.6733°

Arg. of periapsis

11.1791°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

348.9586°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.88651 °/min

Orbital period

92.63 mins

BSTAR

0.00065907

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OBJECT B 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.
5 mins	2025-06-29 18:41:11.202Z	347.65° N	2025-06-29 18:43:11.202Z	296.836° NW	29.147°	2025-06-29 18:46:11.202Z	220.217° SW
4 mins	2025-06-30 05:06:11.202Z	129.084° SE	2025-06-30 05:07:11.202Z	97.305° ESE	31.187°	2025-06-30 05:10:11.202Z	5.768° NNE

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