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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

11 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 (10 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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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-30
1 61563U 24185M   25224.56348076  .00000142  00000-0  20423-3 0  9996
2 61563  88.9782  93.4314 0008981  39.2178 320.9622 13.49930907 51583

Epoch: 2025-08-12T13:31Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-12T13:31:24.737Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-70.676°

Altitude

1,070.268 km

Speed

7.319 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 13m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

38.84558°

Longitude

-69.90384°

Altitude

1,071.319 km

Speed

7.323 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 42m 39s

Apparent Declination

3° 26' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:49:35

Azimuth

322.237° NNW

Elevation

-39.477°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,076.254 km

Perigee altitude

1,062.877 km

Semi-major axis

7,447.702 km

Eccentricity

0.0009

Inclination

88.9782°

RAAN

93.4314°

Arg. of periapsis

39.2178°

True anomaly

320.89732°

Mean anomaly

320.9622°

Eccentric anomaly

320.92977°

Mean motion

3.37683 °/min

Orbital period

106.61 mins

BSTAR

0.00020423

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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	2025-08-13 02:34:16.089Z	22.734° NE	2025-08-13 02:40:16.089Z	89.043° E	26.48°	2025-08-13 02:45:16.089Z	139.946° SSE
10 mins	2025-08-13 04:22:16.089Z	338.754° N	2025-08-13 04:26:16.089Z	284.538° WNW	34.051°	2025-08-13 04:32:16.089Z	211.968° SW
9 mins	2025-08-13 14:34:16.089Z	120.574° SE	2025-08-13 14:38:16.089Z	73.022° E	24.095°	2025-08-13 14:43:16.089Z	23.189° NE
11 mins	2025-08-13 16:19:16.089Z	205.203° SW	2025-08-13 16:24:16.089Z	274.086° WNW	36.665°	2025-08-13 16:30:16.089Z	346.705° N

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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