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QIANFAN-38, 62239

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-38, 62239 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

62239, 2024-232C

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 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 17 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-38
1 62239U 24232C   25132.82048396  .00000162  00000-0  23247-3 0  9998
2 62239  88.9973  62.8987 0016837  91.4145 268.8935 13.50953666 70346

Epoch: 2025-05-12T19:41Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T19:41:29.814Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-103.30361°

Altitude

1,071.968 km

Speed

7.316 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

46.97776°

Longitude

75.55708°

Altitude

1,066.993 km

Speed

7.327 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 32m 51s

Apparent Declination

13° 16' 53"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:46:16

Azimuth

302.581° NW

Elevation

-15.247°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,078.336 km

Perigee altitude

1,053.27 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.94 km

Eccentricity

0.0016837

Inclination

88.9973°

RAAN

62.8987°

Arg. of periapsis

91.4145°

True anomaly

268.70061°

Mean anomaly

268.8935°

Eccentric anomaly

268.79705°

Mean motion

3.37939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023247

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-38 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.
11 mins	2025-05-13 18:54:41.574Z	143.828° SSE	2025-05-13 18:59:41.574Z	88.14° E	32.113°	2025-05-13 19:05:41.574Z	15.946° NNE
9 mins	2025-05-13 20:42:41.574Z	226.955° WSW	2025-05-13 20:46:41.574Z	279.061° WNW	28.093°	2025-05-13 20:51:41.574Z	336.031° NNW
7 mins	2025-05-14 06:05:41.574Z	44.612° NE	2025-05-14 06:08:41.574Z	75.777° E	17.601°	2025-05-14 06:12:41.574Z	115.735° SE
11 mins	2025-05-14 07:50:41.574Z	353.569° N	2025-05-14 07:55:41.574Z	286.655° WNW	42.734°	2025-05-14 08:01:41.574Z	194.582° SSW

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