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GUANGCHUAN 01, 62111

Orbit data source: Space-Track

GUANGCHUAN 01, 62111 is a Chinese payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Wed, 27 Nov 2024 UTC via a ZHUQUE-2E launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

62111, 2024-221A

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

Shanghai Blue Arrow Hongqing Technology Co., Ltd. (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST?

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

HQ, Unknown motor

Mass

~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-11-27 (8 months ago)

Launch vehicle

ZHUQUE-2E

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 3.0 m

Radar Cross Section

4.560 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 GUANGCHUAN 01
1 62111U 24221A   25199.57576838  .00002556  00000-0  15409-3 0  9997
2 62111  49.9469 347.4378 0008235  30.2995 329.8430 15.14267088 35601

Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:49Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-18T13:49:06.388Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-156.46408°

Altitude

518.838 km

Speed

7.608 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 09m 45s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

45.7722°

Longitude

-99.25916°

Altitude

523.178 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 41m 11s

Apparent Declination

5° 18' 01"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:25:03

Azimuth

334.308° NNW

Elevation

-41.506°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

529.666 km

Perigee altitude

518.298 km

Semi-major axis

6,902.119 km

Eccentricity

0.00082

Inclination

49.9469°

RAAN

347.4378°

Arg. of periapsis

30.2995°

True anomaly

329.79555°

Mean anomaly

329.843°

Eccentric anomaly

329.81928°

Mean motion

3.78503 °/min

Orbital period

95.11 mins

BSTAR

0.00015409

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ZQ-2E R/B, 62113 (Decayed)

GUANGCHUAN 01 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.
6 mins	2025-07-19 12:09:25.521Z	201.931° SSW	2025-07-19 12:12:25.521Z	142.126° SSE	30.682°	2025-07-19 12:15:25.521Z	75.25° E
6 mins	2025-07-19 13:49:25.521Z	273.885° WNW	2025-07-19 13:51:25.521Z	319.859° NNW	32.111°	2025-07-19 13:55:25.521Z	45.296° ENE
4 mins	2025-07-19 15:30:25.521Z	327.175° NNW	2025-07-19 15:31:25.521Z	346.308° N	18.186°	2025-07-19 15:34:25.521Z	39.043° NE
4 mins	2025-07-19 17:10:25.521Z	339.19° N	2025-07-19 17:12:25.521Z	24.218° NE	22.096°	2025-07-19 17:14:25.521Z	61.712° ENE
6 mins	2025-07-19 18:49:25.521Z	307.144° NW	2025-07-19 18:51:25.521Z	328.043° NNW	43.652°	2025-07-19 18:55:25.521Z	122.027° SE

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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