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OBJECT E, 61242

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OBJECT E, 61242 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

61242, 2024-174E

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Commercial Meteo Radio Occ.

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 + 1 Pan, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

5.339 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 7 hours ago

TLE from 7 hours ago

0 OBJECT E
1 61242U 24174E   26317.74456412  .00006277  00000-0  22430-3 0  9991
2 61242  97.4438 328.6688 0014413  68.4393 291.8381 15.29094344118686

Epoch: 2026-11-13T17:52Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-13T17:52:10.339Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

7.76643°

Altitude

477.955 km

Speed

7.629 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 54m 40s

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

20:55:24

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

485.352 km

Perigee altitude

465.596 km

Semi-major axis

6,853.611 km

Eccentricity

0.00144

Inclination

97.4438°

RAAN

328.6688°

Arg. of periapsis

68.4393°

True anomaly

291.68469°

Mean anomaly

291.8381°

Eccentric anomaly

291.7614°

Mean motion

3.82529 °/min

Orbital period

94.11 mins

BSTAR

0.0002243

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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	2026-11-14 01:51:22.754Z	228.487° WSW	2026-11-14 01:53:22.754Z	265.071° W	16.217°	2026-11-14 01:55:22.754Z	302.349° NW
4 mins	2026-11-14 13:18:22.754Z	54.888° ENE	2026-11-14 13:19:22.754Z	85.022° E	33.463°	2026-11-14 13:22:22.754Z	160.357° S

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OBJECT E, 61242

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 7 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-13T17:52:10.339Z)

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