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YAOGAN-43 03A, 61617

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-43 03A, 61617 is a payload satellite owned by PLA GAD (CN) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 23 Oct 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

61617, 2024-190A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Equipment Development Department of the Central Military Commission (China) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SAST

Mission

Defense Communications

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-10-23 (9 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

11.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-43 03A
1 61617U 24190A   25199.52541692  .00005854  00000-0  24384-3 0  9993
2 61617  34.9897 136.3497 0005892 201.8290 158.2174 15.23054664 40965

Epoch: 2025-07-18T12:36Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T12:36:36.021Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

10.62394°

Altitude

499.3 km

Speed

7.615 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 05m 23s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-25.48933°

Longitude

-129.47277°

Altitude

498.333 km

Speed

7.619 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 47m 21s

Apparent Declination

-32° 15' 58"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:50:19

Azimuth

4.71° NNE

Elevation

-82.327°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

503.938 km

Perigee altitude

495.832 km

Semi-major axis

6,878.022 km

Eccentricity

0.00059

Inclination

34.9897°

RAAN

136.3497°

Arg. of periapsis

201.829°

True anomaly

158.24244°

Mean anomaly

158.2174°

Eccentric anomaly

158.22992°

Mean motion

3.80494 °/min

Orbital period

94.61 mins

BSTAR

0.00024384

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YAOGAN-43 03A Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
5 mins	2025-07-18 23:51:46.983Z	207.914° SW	2025-07-18 23:54:46.983Z	152.768° SSE	19.676°	2025-07-18 23:56:46.983Z	117.067° SE
5 mins	2025-07-19 01:31:46.983Z	230.799° WSW	2025-07-19 01:33:46.983Z	176.952° S	31.416°	2025-07-19 01:36:46.983Z	110.916° ESE
4 mins	2025-07-19 03:11:46.983Z	232.692° WSW	2025-07-19 03:13:46.983Z	174.56° S	27.16°	2025-07-19 03:15:46.983Z	134.807° SE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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