OBJECT C, 61229

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OBJECT C, 61229 is a Chinese satellite 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

61229, 2024-173C

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Amateur Imaging

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-24 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

JIELONG-3

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 1.2 m

Radar Cross Section

3.032 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 13 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 61229U 24173C   26305.30979368  .00051181  00000-0  65541-3 0  9998
2 61229  97.3342  31.2547 0007423 356.2209   3.8990 15.59009445118028

Epoch: 2026-11-01T07:26Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-01T07:26:06.173Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-120.87402°

Altitude

388.654 km

Speed

7.68 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 05m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

15:53:39

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

392.456 km

Perigee altitude

382.411 km

Semi-major axis

6,765.571 km

Eccentricity

0.00074

Inclination

97.3342°

RAAN

31.2547°

Arg. of periapsis

356.2209°

True anomaly

3.90479°

Mean anomaly

3.899°

Eccentric anomaly

3.90189°

Mean motion

3.9002 °/min

Orbital period

92.3 mins

BSTAR

0.00065541

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Other satellites on launch #173 in the year 2024 (2024-09-24 UTC)

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OBJECT H, 61234 (Decayed)

OBJECT E, 61231

OBJECT D, 61230

JIELONG 3 R/B, 61237 (Decayed)

OBJECT A, 61227 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 61233 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 61232 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 61228 (Decayed)

OBJECT J, 61235 (Decayed)

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OBJECT C, 61229

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 13 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-01T07:26:06.173Z)

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