OBJECT D, 61872

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OBJECT D, 61872 is a satellite owned by Hangtian Hongtu (CN) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 09 Nov 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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
61872, 2024-203D
Orbit
SSO
Last TLE update
9 hours ago
Origin
Manufacturer
Yinhe
Mission
Operational Commercial Radar Imaging
Bus & Motor
PIESAT, Unknown motor
Mass
270 kg wet, 270 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
2024-11-09 (8 months ago)
Launch vehicle
CHANG ZHENG 2C
Launch site
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)
Object type
Unknown
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 2.0 m
Radar Cross Section
2.315 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 9 hours ago
0 OBJECT D
1 61872U 24203D   25199.57078576  .00007182  00000-0  34030-3 0  9997
2 61872  97.4676 267.2726 0014881  78.7095 281.5811 15.19519864 38124
Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:41Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:41:55.889Z)
Latitude
-0.00004°
Longitude
125.16939°
Altitude
508.336 km
Speed
7.611 km/s
True Right ascension
17h 49m 05s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Object was in full shadow at epoch
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
-35.76144°
Longitude
130.9407°
Altitude
524.925 km
Speed
7.597 km/s
Apparent Right ascension
20h 46m 36s
Apparent Declination
-45° 59' 20"
Sunlit
Object is in full shadow
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
11:48:57
Azimuth
115.771° SE
Elevation
-56.557°
Doppler factor
1
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
514.501 km
Perigee altitude
494.018 km
Semi-major axis
6,882.397 km
Eccentricity
0.00149
Inclination
97.4676°
RAAN
267.2726°
Arg. of periapsis
78.7095°
True anomaly
281.41399°
Mean anomaly
281.5811°
Eccentric anomaly
281.49755°
Mean motion
3.80131 °/min
Orbital period
94.7 mins
BSTAR
0.0003403
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