OBJECT K, 61236

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OBJECT K, 61236 is a satellite owned by Changzheng H. (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 UTC launched 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

61236, 2024-173K

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

Changzheng H.

Mission

Spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-24 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

Unknown

Launch site

Yellow Sea Launch Area, China (YSLA)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Medium (>0.1 m² and <1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 OBJECT K
1 61236U 24173K   25196.57996306  .00149356  00000-0  11127-2 0  9995
2 61236  97.4000 281.9421 0007047 289.8229  70.2275 15.72298106 45480

Epoch: 2025-07-15T13:55Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-15T13:55:08.808Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

139.48295°

Altitude

353.89 km

Speed

7.698 km/s

True Right ascension

18h 47m 46s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-33.70662°

Longitude

144.75667°

Altitude

361.148 km

Speed

7.693 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 28m 26s

Apparent Declination

-38° 31' 02"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

10:00:11

Azimuth

92.872° ESE

Elevation

-72.22°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

353.968 km

Perigee altitude

344.486 km

Semi-major axis

6,727.364 km

Eccentricity

0.0007

Inclination

97.4°

RAAN

281.9421°

Arg. of periapsis

289.8229°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

70.2275°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.93347 °/min

Orbital period

91.52 mins

BSTAR

0.0011127

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OBJECT K 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	2025-07-16 05:19:45.106Z	135.135° SSE	2025-07-16 05:21:45.106Z	89.556° E	25.168°	2025-07-16 05:23:45.106Z	21.176° NNE

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