OBJECT C, 61616

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OBJECT C, 61616 is a satellite owned by ZJUNI-SAT (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 22 Oct 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6 launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier
61616, 2024-189C
Orbit
SSO
Last TLE update
8 hours ago
Origin
Manufacturer
CASIC/ZJUNI
Mission
Defense Calibration
Bus & Motor
TP-3, Unknown motor
Mass
200 kg wet, ~200 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
2024-10-22 (7 months ago)
Launch vehicle
CHANG ZHENG 6
Launch site
Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)
Object type
Unknown
Shape & HBR
Box, 0.6 m
Radar Cross Section
0.135 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago
0 OBJECT C
1 61616U 24189C   25129.52732854  .00003234  00000-0  25849-3 0  9992
2 61616  97.5789 156.1515 0001324  88.5758 271.5618 15.00912810 29897
Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:39Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T12:39:21.185Z)
Latitude
-0.00004°
Longitude
98.73104°
Altitude
567.115 km
Speed
7.578 km/s
True Right ascension
10h 24m 36s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Object was in daylight at TLE epoch
Visualization TLE readout
Latitude
-48.23581°
Longitude
107.56923°
Altitude
583.466 km
Speed
7.567 km/s
Apparent Right ascension
13h 54m 15s
Apparent Declination
-52° 34' 12"
Sunlit
Object is in full shadow
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
04:37:31
Azimuth
128.314° SE
Elevation
-59.582°
Doppler factor
1
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
561.998 km
Perigee altitude
560.16 km
Semi-major axis
6,939.216 km
Eccentricity
0.0001324
Inclination
97.5789°
RAAN
156.1515°
Arg. of periapsis
88.5758°
True anomaly
271.54663°
Mean anomaly
271.5618°
Eccentric anomaly
271.55422°
Mean motion
3.75472 °/min
BSTAR
0.00025849
Orbital period
95.88 mins
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7 mins2025-05-10 01:34:22.995Z157.001° SSE2025-05-10 01:38:22.995Z59.056° ENE42.162°2025-05-10 01:41:22.995Z355.716° N
5 mins2025-05-10 14:50:22.995Z357.938° N2025-05-10 14:52:22.995Z289.215° WNW41.798°2025-05-10 14:55:22.995Z206.62° SW
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