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QIANFAN-23, 61556

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-23, 61556 is a Chinese payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Tue, 15 Oct 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

61556, 2024-185E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

GESIH/SECM

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

QIANFAN, Unknown motor

Mass

267 kg wet, ~267 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-10-15 (7 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

13.200 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-23
1 61556U 24185E   25128.92829376  .00000741  00000-0  36898-3 0  9996
2 61556  88.9806 102.7929 0006027 312.4426  47.6252 14.16000153 38920

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:16Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:16:44.58Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-98.3846°

Altitude

839.028 km

Speed

7.435 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 51m 10s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-6.36397°

Longitude

81.65127°

Altitude

845.439 km

Speed

7.428 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 01m 31s

Apparent Declination

-38° 57' 46"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:35:21

Azimuth

242.001° WSW

Elevation

-29.419°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

840.217 km

Perigee altitude

831.521 km

Semi-major axis

7,214.006 km

Eccentricity

0.0006027

Inclination

88.9806°

RAAN

102.7929°

Arg. of periapsis

312.4426°

True anomaly

47.67625°

Mean anomaly

47.6252°

Eccentric anomaly

47.65072°

Mean motion

3.54224 °/min

BSTAR

0.00036898

Orbital period

101.63 mins

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QIANFAN-23 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.
9 mins	2025-05-09 22:08:12.474Z	153.614° SSE	2025-05-09 22:13:12.474Z	67.243° ENE	36.075°	2025-05-09 22:17:12.474Z	13.594° NNE
6 mins	2025-05-09 23:52:12.474Z	247.175° WSW	2025-05-09 23:54:12.474Z	273.285° WNW	18.931°	2025-05-09 23:58:12.474Z	323.424° NNW
9 mins	2025-05-10 10:29:12.474Z	1.281° NNE	2025-05-10 10:33:12.474Z	19.873° NNE	44.985°	2025-05-10 10:38:12.474Z	182.214° SSW

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