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QIANFAN-37, 62238

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-37, 62238 is a Chinese payload satellite in LEO that was launched on Thu, 05 Dec 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

62238, 2024-232B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

12 hours ago

Origin

Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology Ltd (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SECM

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

QIANFAN, Unknown motor

Mass

267 kg wet, ~267 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-12-05 (5 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

13.200 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 12 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-37
1 62238U 24232B   25132.94399586  .00000162  00000-0  23182-3 0  9998
2 62238  88.9967  62.9847 0018884  96.2103 264.1200 13.50950763 70300

Epoch: 2025-05-12T22:39Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T22:39:21.242Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

-147.80363°

Altitude

1,073.183 km

Speed

7.315 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-43.98526°

Longitude

33.11027°

Altitude

1,094.581 km

Speed

7.3 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 03m 42s

Apparent Declination

-69° 33' 18"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:50:40

Azimuth

206.936° SW

Elevation

-40.979°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,079.871 km

Perigee altitude

1,051.756 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.951 km

Eccentricity

0.0018884

Inclination

88.9967°

RAAN

62.9847°

Arg. of periapsis

96.2103°

True anomaly

263.9048°

Mean anomaly

264.12°

Eccentric anomaly

264.01239°

Mean motion

3.37939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023182

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-37 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.
8 mins	2025-05-13 18:21:25.353Z	112.732° SE	2025-05-13 18:25:25.353Z	69.924° E	19.522°	2025-05-13 18:29:25.353Z	30.857° NE
11 mins	2025-05-13 20:06:25.353Z	196.605° SSW	2025-05-13 20:11:25.353Z	290.036° WNW	40.872°	2025-05-13 20:17:25.353Z	352.006° N
11 mins	2025-05-14 07:15:25.353Z	9.55° NNE	2025-05-14 07:20:25.353Z	84.471° E	42.364°	2025-05-14 07:26:25.353Z	169.916° S
7 mins	2025-05-14 09:03:25.353Z	317.714° NNW	2025-05-14 09:06:25.353Z	285.669° WNW	18.325°	2025-05-14 09:10:25.353Z	246.114° WSW

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