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QIANFAN-26, 61559

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-26, 61559 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

61559, 2024-185H

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 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 (9 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 12 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-26
1 61559U 24185H   25181.88672520  .00000182  00000-0  16909-3 0  9990
2 61559  88.9833  97.5501 0006933 131.3652 228.8111 13.77709455 45972

Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T21:16:53.057Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

-140.86107°

Altitude

978.373 km

Speed

7.361 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 30m 12s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

7.87164°

Longitude

-140.77601°

Altitude

977.027 km

Speed

7.362 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 33m 50s

Apparent Declination

-14° 57' 32"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

21:09:33

Azimuth

46.747° ENE

Elevation

-57.451°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

974.128 km

Perigee altitude

963.941 km

Semi-major axis

7,347.172 km

Eccentricity

0.00069

Inclination

88.9833°

RAAN

97.5501°

Arg. of periapsis

131.3652°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

228.8111°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.44638 °/min

Orbital period

104.46 mins

BSTAR

0.00016909

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QIANFAN-26 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.
11 mins	2025-07-01 18:18:15.339Z	155.935° SSE	2025-07-01 18:23:15.339Z	95.043° ESE	37.952°	2025-07-01 18:29:15.339Z	10.062° NNE
7 mins	2025-07-01 20:05:15.339Z	242.716° WSW	2025-07-01 20:08:15.339Z	278.741° WNW	20.774°	2025-07-01 20:12:15.339Z	324.626° NNW
6 mins	2025-07-02 05:17:15.339Z	50.445° ENE	2025-07-02 05:19:15.339Z	73.282° E	17.443°	2025-07-02 05:23:15.339Z	116.714° SE
10 mins	2025-07-02 07:00:15.339Z	350.095° N	2025-07-02 07:04:15.339Z	290.732° WNW	41.301°	2025-07-02 07:10:15.339Z	196.629° SSW

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