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QIANFAN-32, 61565

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-32, 61565 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

61565, 2024-185P

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-32
1 61565U 24185P   25129.19692624  .00000152  00000-0  20994-3 0  9996
2 61565  88.9799 103.2854 0008252 333.9229  26.1507 13.52979609 38683

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:43Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:43:34.427Z)

Latitude

0.00004°

Longitude

165.13542°

Altitude

1,058.761 km

Speed

7.325 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 53m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

17.0274°

Longitude

-15.21709°

Altitude

1,069.706 km

Speed

7.316 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

16h 00m 18s

Apparent Declination

-17° 44' 01"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

22:34:22

Azimuth

261.362° W

Elevation

-17.676°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,064.501 km

Perigee altitude

1,052.228 km

Semi-major axis

7,436.501 km

Eccentricity

0.0008252

Inclination

88.9799°

RAAN

103.2854°

Arg. of periapsis

333.9229°

True anomaly

26.19241°

Mean anomaly

26.1507°

Eccentric anomaly

26.17155°

Mean motion

3.38447 °/min

BSTAR

0.00020994

Orbital period

106.37 mins

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QIANFAN-32 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 20:53:14.290Z	85.969° E	2025-05-09 20:55:14.290Z	67.38° ENE	11.916°	2025-05-09 20:57:14.290Z	49.225° ENE
11 mins	2025-05-09 22:35:14.290Z	173.885° S	2025-05-09 22:40:14.290Z	100.844° ESE	44.836°	2025-05-09 22:46:14.290Z	0.778° NNE
5 mins	2025-05-10 00:25:14.290Z	263.47° W	2025-05-10 00:27:14.290Z	282.887° WNW	13.961°	2025-05-10 00:30:14.290Z	311.704° NW
10 mins	2025-05-10 09:44:14.290Z	23.207° NE	2025-05-10 09:49:14.290Z	93.31° ESE	32.498°	2025-05-10 09:54:14.290Z	149.64° SSE
9 mins	2025-05-10 11:31:14.290Z	330.028° NNW	2025-05-10 11:35:14.290Z	277.591° WNW	27.935°	2025-05-10 11:40:14.290Z	223.871° SW

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