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

6 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 (11 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 6 hours ago

0 OBJECT K
1 61236U 24173K   25224.55410069  .00304661  00000-0  13029-2 0  9997
2 61236  97.3959 311.8516 0010274 225.5752 134.4678 15.84306662 49893

Epoch: 2025-08-12T13:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-12T13:17:54.299Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

151.13028°

Altitude

326.279 km

Speed

7.71 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 47m 24s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

34.1456°

Longitude

146.38753°

Altitude

329.308 km

Speed

7.71 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

21h 09m 22s

Apparent Declination

-1° 49' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:55:54

Azimuth

18.453° NNE

Elevation

-50.465°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

322.035 km

Perigee altitude

308.281 km

Semi-major axis

6,693.295 km

Eccentricity

0.00103

Inclination

97.3959°

RAAN

311.8516°

Arg. of periapsis

225.5752°

True anomaly

134.55174°

Mean anomaly

134.4678°

Eccentric anomaly

134.50978°

Mean motion

3.96354 °/min

Orbital period

90.83 mins

BSTAR

0.0013029

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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	2025-08-13 06:06:22.401Z	182.569° SSW	2025-08-13 06:08:22.401Z	264.374° W	39.38°	2025-08-13 06:10:22.401Z	336.471° NNW

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