GUANGCHUAN 02, 62112
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GUANGCHUAN 02, 62112 is a payload satellite owned by Hongqing Keji (CN) 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST?
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
HQ, Unknown motor
Mass
~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 3.0 m
Radar Cross Section
4.560 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 9 hours ago
TLE from 9 hours ago
0 GUANGCHUAN 02
1 62112U 24221B 25342.79039911 .00006891 00000-0 37139-3 0 9998
2 62112 49.9437 10.0049 0007572 299.4492 60.5703 15.15781241 57305Epoch: 2025-12-08T18:58Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-08T18:58:10.483Z)
Latitude
-0.00001°
Longitude
7.67684°
Altitude
516.591 km
Speed
7.608 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 40m 01s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
02:09:38
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
524.609 km
Perigee altitude
514.163 km
Semi-major axis
6,897.523 km
Eccentricity
0.00076
Inclination
49.9437°
RAAN
10.0049°
Arg. of periapsis
299.4492°
True anomaly
60.64591°
Mean anomaly
60.5703°
Eccentric anomaly
60.6081°
Mean motion
3.78882 °/min
Orbital period
95.02 mins
BSTAR
0.00037139
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Other satellites on launch #221 in the year 2024 (2024-11-27 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GUANGCHUAN 02 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. |
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| 7 mins | 2025-12-09 04:37:29.979Z | 212.23° SW | 2025-12-09 04:41:29.979Z | 127.102° SE | 34.984° | 2025-12-09 04:44:29.979Z | 68.921° E |
| 5 mins | 2025-12-09 06:18:29.979Z | 284.467° WNW | 2025-12-09 06:20:29.979Z | 336.884° NNW | 30.059° | 2025-12-09 06:23:29.979Z | 39.788° NE |
| 5 mins | 2025-12-09 09:38:29.979Z | 331.946° NNW | 2025-12-09 09:40:29.979Z | 13.954° NNE | 23.883° | 2025-12-09 09:43:29.979Z | 71.423° E |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-09 11:17:29.979Z | 301.956° NW | 2025-12-09 11:20:29.979Z | 147.997° SSE | 43.571° | 2025-12-09 11:23:29.979Z | 128.542° SE |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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