OBJECT A, 61238

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OBJECT A, 61238 is a Chinese satellite in SSO that was launched on Tue, 24 Sep 2024 UTC via a LIJIAN-1 launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

61238, 2024-174A

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Commercial Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2024-09-24 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

LIJIAN-1

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Box + 3 Pan, 3.0 m

Radar Cross Section

3.533 m², Large (>1 m²)

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0 OBJECT A
1 61238U 24174A   26258.61363384  .00003315  00000-0  15377-3 0  9993
2 61238  97.4496 265.1802 0003322  66.6738 293.4846 15.20737998109413

Epoch: 2026-09-15T14:43Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-15T14:43:37.963Z)

Latitude

-0.00011°

Longitude

49.69498°

Altitude

505.793 km

Speed

7.612 km/s

True Right ascension

17h 40m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

16:19:30

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

502.865 km

Perigee altitude

498.295 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.717 km

Eccentricity

0.00033

Inclination

97.4496°

RAAN

265.1802°

Arg. of periapsis

66.6738°

True anomaly

293.44968°

Mean anomaly

293.4846°

Eccentric anomaly

293.46714°

Mean motion

3.80436 °/min

Orbital period

94.63 mins

BSTAR

0.00015377

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Other satellites on launch #174 in the year 2024 (2024-09-24 UTC)

OBJECT B, 61239

OBJECT C, 61240

OBJECT F, 61263 (Decayed)

OBJECT D, 61241

OBJECT E, 61242

OBJECT G, 61443 (Decayed)

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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	2026-09-16 00:20:12.027Z	149.398° SSE	2026-09-16 00:23:12.027Z	51.189° ENE	53.159°	2026-09-16 00:26:12.027Z	357.942° N
6 mins	2026-09-16 13:24:12.027Z	12.945° NNE	2026-09-16 13:27:12.027Z	183.419° SSW	74.248°	2026-09-16 13:30:12.027Z	192.04° SSW

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OBJECT A, 61238

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-09-15T14:43:37.963Z)

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