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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

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd (CN)

Manufacturer

GESIH/SECM

Mission

Partially operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

QIANFAN, Unknown motor

Mass

267 kg wet, ~267 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-10-15 (11 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, 5.0 m

Radar Cross Section

13.200 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-23
1 61556U 24185E   25243.26136099  .00000723  00000-0  35884-3 0  9998
2 61556  88.9758  89.6717 0005999 299.3326  60.7262 14.16112915 55109

Epoch: 2025-08-31T06:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T06:16:21.589Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

15.8979°

Altitude

839.461 km

Speed

7.434 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 58m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

08:48:19

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

839.813 km

Perigee altitude

831.158 km

Semi-major axis

7,213.623 km

Eccentricity

0.0006

Inclination

88.9758°

RAAN

89.6717°

Arg. of periapsis

299.3326°

True anomaly

60.78619°

Mean anomaly

60.7262°

Eccentric anomaly

60.75619°

Mean motion

3.54253 °/min

Orbital period

101.62 mins

BSTAR

0.00035884

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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.
10 mins	2025-09-01 01:30:16.231Z	17.176° NNE	2025-09-01 01:35:16.231Z	88.749° E	32.926°	2025-09-01 01:40:16.231Z	154.894° SSE
7 mins	2025-09-01 03:13:16.231Z	326.026° NNW	2025-09-01 03:16:16.231Z	286.625° WNW	22.22°	2025-09-01 03:20:16.231Z	234.267° WSW
5 mins	2025-09-01 12:57:16.231Z	105.975° ESE	2025-09-01 12:59:16.231Z	81.719° E	16.749°	2025-09-01 13:02:16.231Z	44.097° NE
8 mins	2025-09-01 14:37:16.231Z	200.143° SSW	2025-09-01 14:41:16.231Z	289.262° WNW	39.186°	2025-09-01 14:45:16.231Z	347.168° N