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OBJECT C, 61240

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OBJECT C, 61240 is a Chinese payload 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). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

61240, 2024-174C

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

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.514 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 61240U 24174C   26318.44640674  .00002715  00000-0  13238-3 0  9991
2 61240  97.4482 324.3004 0001613  87.7407 272.4013 15.19159051118498

Epoch: 2026-11-14T10:42Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-14T10:42:49.542Z)

Latitude

0.00006°

Longitude

110.04289°

Altitude

511.422 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 37m 12s

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

19:06:14

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

506.46 km

Perigee altitude

504.239 km

Semi-major axis

6,883.487 km

Eccentricity

0.00016

Inclination

97.4482°

RAAN

324.3004°

Arg. of periapsis

87.7407°

True anomaly

272.38283°

Mean anomaly

272.4013°

Eccentric anomaly

272.39207°

Mean motion

3.80041 °/min

Orbital period

94.73 mins

BSTAR

0.00013238

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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.
5 mins	2026-11-15 01:04:34.713Z	203.98° SW	2026-11-15 01:06:34.713Z	253.635° W	36.381°	2026-11-15 01:09:34.713Z	325.888° NNW
4 mins	2026-11-15 14:09:34.713Z	331.353° NNW	2026-11-15 14:11:34.713Z	286.022° WNW	24.779°	2026-11-15 14:13:34.713Z	243.988° WSW

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OBJECT C, 61240

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-14T10:42:49.542Z)

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