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OBJECT D, 61230

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OBJECT D, 61230 is a Chinese payload 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). 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

61230, 2024-173D

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Commercial Radar 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

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 0.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.480 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 OBJECT D
1 61230U 24173D   26315.63861752  .00021792  00000-0  66083-3 0  9991
2 61230  97.3452  33.7576 0009914  93.5651 266.6726 15.34091081119038

Epoch: 2026-11-11T15:19Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-11T15:19:36.553Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

113.07172°

Altitude

467.133 km

Speed

7.632 km/s

True Right ascension

02h 15m 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

23:06:48

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

467.346 km

Perigee altitude

453.786 km

Semi-major axis

6,838.703 km

Eccentricity

0.00099

Inclination

97.3452°

RAAN

33.7576°

Arg. of periapsis

93.5651°

True anomaly

266.55919°

Mean anomaly

266.6726°

Eccentric anomaly

266.6159°

Mean motion

3.8378 °/min

Orbital period

93.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00066083

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

OBJECT J, 61235 (Decayed)

OBJECT K, 61236 (Decayed)

JIELONG 3 R/B, 61237 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 61233 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 61228 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 61234 (Decayed)

OBJECT A, 61227 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 61232 (Decayed)

OBJECT C, 61229

OBJECT E, 61231

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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.
6 mins	2026-11-12 05:32:16.972Z	175.22° S	2026-11-12 05:35:16.972Z	251.872° W	69.53°	2026-11-12 05:38:16.972Z	342.264° N
5 mins	2026-11-12 18:30:16.972Z	356.216° N	2026-11-12 18:32:16.972Z	304.44° NW	50.795°	2026-11-12 18:35:16.972Z	210.533° SW

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OBJECT D, 61230

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 11 hours ago

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