OBJECT E, 61231

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OBJECT E, 61231 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

61231, 2024-173E

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

XGZD (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Guoxing

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

XSD, Unknown motor

Mass

~25 kg wet, ~25 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 + 3 Pan, 0.3 m

Radar Cross Section

0.135 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 OBJECT E
1 61231U 24173E   25129.39423666  .00002717  00000-0  13240-3 0  9998
2 61231  97.4122 204.1470 0001663  89.3541 270.7884 15.19180164 34452

Epoch: 2025-05-09T09:27Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T09:27:42.047Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

-165.2292°

Altitude

511.391 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

True Right ascension

13h 36m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

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Latitude

-1.67793°

Longitude

14.84472°

Altitude

511.699 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 26m 13s

Apparent Declination

-60° 54' 23"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

00:45:23

Azimuth

160.938° S

Elevation

-16.016°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.429 km

Perigee altitude

504.14 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.421 km

Eccentricity

0.0001663

Inclination

97.4122°

RAAN

204.147°

Arg. of periapsis

89.3541°

True anomaly

270.76935°

Mean anomaly

270.7884°

Eccentric anomaly

270.77887°

Mean motion

3.80046 °/min

BSTAR

0.0001324

Orbital period

94.73 mins

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OBJECT E 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.
6 mins	2025-05-09 17:55:53.205Z	6.527° NNE	2025-05-09 17:58:53.205Z	244.513° WSW	43.14°	2025-05-09 18:01:53.205Z	199.485° SSW
5 mins	2025-05-10 04:34:53.205Z	130.119° SE	2025-05-10 04:36:53.205Z	69.166° E	32.732°	2025-05-10 04:39:53.205Z	5.587° NNE

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