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QIANFAN-40, 62241

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-40, 62241 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

62241, 2024-232E

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

21 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 21 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-40
1 62241U 24232E   25132.58651335  .00000154  00000-0  18389-3 0  9999
2 62241  88.9970  62.2829 0017021  80.7918 279.5164 13.62034166 70666

Epoch: 2025-05-12T14:04Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T14:04:34.753Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-19.45937°

Altitude

1,029.214 km

Speed

7.338 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 09m 07s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-59.70043°

Longitude

-21.25716°

Altitude

1,060.757 km

Speed

7.316 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 55m 54s

Apparent Declination

-53° 05' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:21:50

Azimuth

139.188° SSE

Elevation

-70.335°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,037.945 km

Perigee altitude

1,012.742 km

Semi-major axis

7,403.481 km

Eccentricity

0.0017021

Inclination

88.997°

RAAN

62.2829°

Arg. of periapsis

80.7918°

True anomaly

279.32397°

Mean anomaly

279.5164°

Eccentric anomaly

279.42019°

Mean motion

3.40713 °/min

BSTAR

0.00018389

Orbital period

105.66 mins

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QIANFAN-40 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 18:25:29.636Z	119.28° SE	2025-05-13 18:29:29.636Z	75.24° E	21.271°	2025-05-13 18:33:29.636Z	31.661° NE
11 mins	2025-05-13 20:09:29.636Z	199.416° SSW	2025-05-13 20:14:29.636Z	267.078° W	38.7°	2025-05-13 20:20:29.636Z	348.574° N
11 mins	2025-05-14 07:13:29.636Z	8.581° NNE	2025-05-14 07:18:29.636Z	75.916° E	42.42°	2025-05-14 07:24:29.636Z	170.486° S
6 mins	2025-05-14 09:01:29.636Z	311.183° NW	2025-05-14 09:03:29.636Z	289.063° WNW	17.552°	2025-05-14 09:07:29.636Z	248.114° W

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