OBJECT D, 61230

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OBJECT D, 61230 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

61230, 2024-173D

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

3 hours ago

Origin

ZHYE (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Changsha Tianyi

Mission

Operational Commercial Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

GZ-1, Unknown motor

Mass

285 kg wet, 285 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-24 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

JIELONG-3

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.480 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 3 hours ago

0 OBJECT D
1 61230U 24173D   25199.86172399  .00010558  00000-0  41953-3 0  9994
2 61230  97.3869 279.3394 0025039 332.8965  27.0963 15.25201656 45669

Epoch: 2025-07-18T20:40Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T20:40:52.952Z)

Latitude

-0.00014°

Longitude

32.21168°

Altitude

477.973 km

Speed

7.635 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 37m 21s

True Declination

0° 00' 01"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

-61.71785°

Longitude

46.19456°

Altitude

499.806 km

Speed

7.621 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 30m 13s

Apparent Declination

-56° 32' 40"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:21:07

Azimuth

141.874° SSE

Elevation

-65.456°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

504.328 km

Perigee altitude

469.948 km

Semi-major axis

6,865.275 km

Eccentricity

0.0025

Inclination

97.3869°

RAAN

279.3394°

Arg. of periapsis

332.8965°

True anomaly

27.22736°

Mean anomaly

27.0963°

Eccentric anomaly

27.16179°

Mean motion

3.81554 °/min

Orbital period

94.35 mins

BSTAR

0.00041953

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OBJECT D 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	2025-07-19 04:41:29.939Z	125.881° SE	2025-07-19 04:44:29.939Z	65.912° ENE	22.712°	2025-07-19 04:46:29.939Z	23.32° NE
4 mins	2025-07-19 17:44:29.939Z	52.587° ENE	2025-07-19 17:45:29.939Z	80.595° E	29.339°	2025-07-19 17:48:29.939Z	158.888° S

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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