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

13 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 (9 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 13 hours ago

0 OBJECT E
1 61231U 24173E   25173.06437118  .00001708  00000-0  84403-4 0  9997
2 61231  97.4123 247.0023 0001616  88.8927 271.2493 15.19177817 41083

Epoch: 2025-06-22T01:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-22T01:32:41.669Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-46.66568°

Altitude

511.389 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 28m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

53.41805°

Longitude

143.91332°

Altitude

516.25 km

Speed

7.611 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 10m 59s

Apparent Declination

20° 14' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

01:48:19

Azimuth

51.039° ENE

Elevation

-11.393°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.404 km

Perigee altitude

504.179 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.428 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

97.4123°

RAAN

247.0023°

Arg. of periapsis

88.8927°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

271.2493°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.80046 °/min

Orbital period

94.73 mins

BSTAR

0.000084403

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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	2025-06-22 17:54:38.920Z	7.425° NNE	2025-06-22 17:57:38.920Z	318.012° NNW	43.341°	2025-06-22 18:00:38.920Z	200.372° SSW
5 mins	2025-06-23 04:33:38.920Z	135.658° SSE	2025-06-23 04:35:38.920Z	90.479° ESE	32.004°	2025-06-23 04:38:38.920Z	9.077° NNE

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