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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

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd (CN)

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 (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: 11 hours ago

TLE from 11 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-30
1 61563U 24185M   25243.24212662  .00000193  00000-0  28536-3 0  9992
2 61563  88.9755  91.5048 0007178 349.9071  10.1934 13.49937824 54106

Epoch: 2025-08-31T05:48Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-08-31T05:48:39.739Z)

Latitude

-0.00007°

Longitude

24.67434°

Altitude

1,070.174 km

Speed

7.319 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 06m 01s

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

08:46:19

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,074.886 km

Perigee altitude

1,064.194 km

Semi-major axis

7,447.677 km

Eccentricity

0.00072

Inclination

88.9755°

RAAN

91.5048°

Arg. of periapsis

349.9071°

True anomaly

10.20797°

Mean anomaly

10.1934°

Eccentric anomaly

10.20068°

Mean motion

3.37685 °/min

Orbital period

106.61 mins

BSTAR

0.00028536

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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.
12 mins	2025-09-01 01:58:16.581Z	6.793° NNE	2025-09-01 02:04:16.581Z	91.151° ESE	43.012°	2025-09-01 02:10:16.581Z	171.634° S
7 mins	2025-09-01 03:47:16.581Z	316.674° NNW	2025-09-01 03:50:16.581Z	285.201° WNW	17.904°	2025-09-01 03:54:16.581Z	246.816° WSW
10 mins	2025-09-01 13:57:16.581Z	157.422° SSE	2025-09-01 14:01:16.581Z	104.411° ESE	40.591°	2025-09-01 14:07:16.581Z	8.469° NNE
8 mins	2025-09-01 15:45:16.581Z	243.81° WSW	2025-09-01 15:49:16.581Z	287.342° WNW	19.672°	2025-09-01 15:53:16.581Z	326.64° NNW