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QIANFAN-29, 61562

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-29, 61562 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

61562, 2024-185L

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-29
1 61562U 24185L   25128.91358972  .00000168  00000-0  24124-3 0  9993
2 61562  88.9802 103.7831 0009176 335.1328  24.9380 13.50956216 38384

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:55Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:55:34.151Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-92.08646°

Altitude

1,065.499 km

Speed

7.322 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 55m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

88.8294°

Longitude

27.76811°

Altitude

1,085.783 km

Speed

7.315 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 38m 48s

Apparent Declination

34° 10' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:32:23

Azimuth

358.618° N

Elevation

-15.896°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,072.624 km

Perigee altitude

1,058.963 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.931 km

Eccentricity

0.0009176

Inclination

88.9802°

RAAN

103.7831°

Arg. of periapsis

335.1328°

True anomaly

24.98238°

Mean anomaly

24.938°

Eccentric anomaly

24.96019°

Mean motion

3.3794 °/min

BSTAR

0.00024124

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-29 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.
7 mins	2025-05-09 21:11:14.931Z	107.281° ESE	2025-05-09 21:14:14.931Z	78.158° E	16.886°	2025-05-09 21:18:14.931Z	38.088° NE
11 mins	2025-05-09 22:55:14.931Z	187.877° SSW	2025-05-09 23:00:14.931Z	252.689° W	43.392°	2025-05-09 23:06:14.931Z	353.783° N
11 mins	2025-05-10 10:05:14.931Z	14.071° NNE	2025-05-10 10:10:14.931Z	92.046° ESE	39.85°	2025-05-10 10:16:14.931Z	164.563° S
8 mins	2025-05-10 11:52:14.931Z	326.404° NNW	2025-05-10 11:56:14.931Z	283.338° WNW	21.342°	2025-05-10 12:00:14.931Z	241.518° WSW

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