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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

Last TLE update

10 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 10 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-28
1 61561U 24185K   25129.17509374  .00000592  00000-0  23637-3 0  9994
2 61561  88.9804 102.4246 0006136 286.8014  73.2506 14.27251772 39139

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:12Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:12:08.099Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

172.15584°

Altitude

802.728 km

Speed

7.453 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 49m 41s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

19.26704°

Longitude

172.46074°

Altitude

803.815 km

Speed

7.453 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 22m 42s

Apparent Declination

-9° 23' 17"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:33:23

Azimuth

52.558° ENE

Elevation

-47.873°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

802.276 km

Perigee altitude

793.47 km

Semi-major axis

7,176.01 km

Eccentricity

0.0006136

Inclination

88.9804°

RAAN

102.4246°

Arg. of periapsis

286.8014°

True anomaly

73.31795°

Mean anomaly

73.2506°

Eccentric anomaly

73.28427°

Mean motion

3.57041 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023637

Orbital period

100.83 mins

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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.
4 mins	2025-05-09 21:11:15.126Z	100.904° ESE	2025-05-09 21:13:15.126Z	78.256° E	13.121°	2025-05-09 21:15:15.126Z	54.277° ENE
8 mins	2025-05-09 22:50:15.126Z	190.34° SSW	2025-05-09 22:54:15.126Z	302.427° NW	42.356°	2025-05-09 22:58:15.126Z	352.523° N
6 mins	2025-05-10 09:25:15.126Z	48.041° ENE	2025-05-10 09:27:15.126Z	77.418° E	20.91°	2025-05-10 09:31:15.126Z	129.622° SE
8 mins	2025-05-10 11:05:15.126Z	336.47° NNW	2025-05-10 11:08:15.126Z	284.667° WNW	33.016°	2025-05-10 11:13:15.126Z	209.903° SW

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