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QIANFAN-35, 61568

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-35, 61568 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

61568, 2024-185S

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

1 day ago

Origin

Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

GESIH/SECM

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

QIANFAN, Unknown motor

Mass

300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-10-15 (6 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 1 day ago

0 QIANFAN-35
1 61568U 24185S   25119.19518003  .00001611  00000-0  65005-3 0  9999
2 61568  88.9789 103.5676 0005466 334.9365  25.1563 14.27512332 37719

Epoch: 2025-04-29T04:41Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-29T04:41:03.554Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

175.90445°

Altitude

799.57 km

Speed

7.455 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 54m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

27.13557°

Longitude

176.27654°

Altitude

801.326 km

Speed

7.456 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 48m 45s

Apparent Declination

-4° 07' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:39:38

Azimuth

356.112° N

Elevation

-54.149°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

800.921 km

Perigee altitude

793.077 km

Semi-major axis

7,175.136 km

Eccentricity

0.0005466

Inclination

88.9789°

RAAN

103.5676°

Arg. of periapsis

334.9365°

True anomaly

25.18294°

Mean anomaly

25.1563°

Eccentric anomaly

25.16962°

Mean motion

3.57107 °/min

BSTAR

0.00065005

Orbital period

100.81 mins

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QIANFAN-35 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.
9 mins	2025-04-30 11:32:31.426Z	350.916° N	2025-04-30 11:37:31.426Z	256.579° W	39.565°	2025-04-30 11:41:31.426Z	199.909° SSW
8 mins	2025-04-30 22:52:31.426Z	151.662° SSE	2025-04-30 22:55:31.426Z	94.951° ESE	38.111°	2025-04-30 23:00:31.426Z	10.402° NNE
4 mins	2025-05-01 00:35:31.426Z	261.131° W	2025-05-01 00:36:31.426Z	274.656° WNW	16.659°	2025-05-01 00:39:31.426Z	313.645° NW

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