OBJECT C, 61229

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OBJECT C, 61229 is a 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

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

Unknown

Manufacturer

Wuhan daxue

Mission

Operational Amateur Imaging

Bus & Motor

LUOJIA-4, Unknown motor

Mass

60 kg wet, 60 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-24 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

JIELONG-3

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

3.032 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 61229U 24173C   25141.83862468  .00013441  00000-0  47182-3 0  9993
2 61229  97.3759 218.3568 0018899 109.3677 250.9609 15.29362381 36452

Epoch: 2025-05-21T20:07Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-05-21T20:07:37.172Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

36.73512°

Altitude

485.071 km

Speed

7.62 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 33m 25s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

54.38787°

Longitude

26.58545°

Altitude

479.03 km

Speed

7.636 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

18h 40m 11s

Apparent Declination

18° 51' 12"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:03:49

Azimuth

49.343° ENE

Elevation

-14.499°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

487.62 km

Perigee altitude

461.718 km

Semi-major axis

6,852.806 km

Eccentricity

0.00189

Inclination

97.3759°

RAAN

218.3568°

Arg. of periapsis

109.3677°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

250.9609°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.82596 °/min

Orbital period

94.09 mins

BSTAR

0.00047182

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OBJECT C 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	2025-05-22 05:41:36.814Z	218.905° SW	2025-05-22 05:43:36.814Z	278.468° WNW	25.817°	2025-05-22 05:45:36.814Z	319.866° NNW

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