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QIANFAN-28, 61561

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-28, 61561 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

61561, 2024-185K

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: 12 hours ago

TLE from 12 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-28
1 61561U 24185K   25243.22378089  .00001067  00000-0  42702-3 0  9996
2 61561  88.9767  89.0900 0004907 272.8634  87.1999 14.27723939 55408

Epoch: 2025-08-31T05:22Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T05:22:14.668Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

28.88208°

Altitude

802.243 km

Speed

7.452 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 56m 21s

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

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Local Sidereal Time

08:47:36

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

799.81 km

Perigee altitude

792.769 km

Semi-major axis

7,174.426 km

Eccentricity

0.00049

Inclination

88.9767°

RAAN

89.09°

Arg. of periapsis

272.8634°

True anomaly

87.25606°

Mean anomaly

87.1999°

Eccentric anomaly

87.22798°

Mean motion

3.5716 °/min

Orbital period

100.8 mins

BSTAR

0.00042702

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QIANFAN-28 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 02:07:33.998Z	0.155° NNE	2025-09-01 02:12:33.998Z	291.656° WNW	44.963°	2025-09-01 02:17:33.998Z	183.674° SSW
8 mins	2025-09-01 13:27:33.998Z	137.785° SSE	2025-09-01 13:31:33.998Z	72.16° E	29.046°	2025-09-01 13:35:33.998Z	19.702° NNE
6 mins	2025-09-01 15:09:33.998Z	237.577° WSW	2025-09-01 15:11:33.998Z	268.383° W	23.878°	2025-09-01 15:15:33.998Z	327.696° NNW