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

4 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 (7 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 4 hours ago

0 OBJECT B
1 61228U 24173B   25129.52837991  .00038986  00000-0  73925-3 0  9992
2 61228  97.3715 208.8169 0009542 178.4515 181.6767 15.48181045 34873

Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:40:52.024Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

151.0169°

Altitude

431.664 km

Speed

7.649 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 55m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

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Latitude

-17.39844°

Longitude

-31.12555°

Altitude

422.855 km

Speed

7.66 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 07m 09s

Apparent Declination

-70° 38' 58"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:48:29

Azimuth

163.655° S

Elevation

-26.163°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

425.46 km

Perigee altitude

412.488 km

Semi-major axis

6,797.111 km

Eccentricity

0.0009542

Inclination

97.3715°

RAAN

208.8169°

Arg. of periapsis

178.4515°

True anomaly

181.6735°

Mean anomaly

181.6767°

Eccentric anomaly

181.6751°

Mean motion

3.87308 °/min

BSTAR

0.00073925

Orbital period

92.95 mins

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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	2025-05-09 17:53:59.113Z	25.845° NE	2025-05-09 17:55:59.113Z	73.917° E	37.262°	2025-05-09 17:58:59.113Z	176.514° S

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