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QIANFAN-30, 61563

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-30, 61563 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

61563, 2024-185M

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

19 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 19 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-30
1 61563U 24185M   25128.79789528  .00000161  00000-0  22535-3 0  9992
2 61563  88.9811 103.2553 0007050 312.9935  47.0625 13.52550592 38665

Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:08Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T19:08:58.152Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-50.85023°

Altitude

1,062.272 km

Speed

7.323 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 53m 01s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-59.45998°

Longitude

-52.65147°

Altitude

1,080.759 km

Speed

7.313 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 55m 16s

Apparent Declination

-53° 47' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:33:22

Azimuth

138.19° SSE

Elevation

-68.423°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,065.182 km

Perigee altitude

1,054.694 km

Semi-major axis

7,438.075 km

Eccentricity

0.000705

Inclination

88.9811°

RAAN

103.2553°

Arg. of periapsis

312.9935°

True anomaly

47.12168°

Mean anomaly

47.0625°

Eccentric anomaly

47.09209°

Mean motion

3.38339 °/min

BSTAR

0.00022535

Orbital period

106.4 mins

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QIANFAN-30 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	2025-05-09 21:53:14.218Z	146.503° SSE	2025-05-09 21:59:14.218Z	73.922° E	33.031°	2025-05-09 22:04:14.218Z	16.683° NNE
9 mins	2025-05-09 23:41:14.218Z	226.555° WSW	2025-05-09 23:45:14.218Z	275.424° WNW	27.353°	2025-05-09 23:50:14.218Z	334.066° NNW
7 mins	2025-05-10 09:04:14.218Z	47.25° ENE	2025-05-10 09:07:14.218Z	79.641° E	18.207°	2025-05-10 09:11:14.218Z	118.725° SE
11 mins	2025-05-10 10:49:14.218Z	351.878° N	2025-05-10 10:54:14.218Z	261.258° W	42.339°	2025-05-10 11:00:14.218Z	194.882° SSW

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