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QIANFAN-41, 62242

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-41, 62242 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

62242, 2024-232F

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

15 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 15 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-41
1 62242U 24232F   25132.86163611  .00000163  00000-0  23301-3 0  9996
2 62242  88.9971  62.8507 0016282  87.8192 272.4824 13.50952338 70377

Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:40Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:40:45.359Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-118.20694°

Altitude

1,071.204 km

Speed

7.317 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 24s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-69.13684°

Longitude

64.34702°

Altitude

1,106.377 km

Speed

7.293 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 44m 40s

Apparent Declination

-68° 21' 03"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:33:12

Azimuth

201.281° SSW

Elevation

-56.518°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,077.928 km

Perigee altitude

1,053.688 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.945 km

Eccentricity

0.0016282

Inclination

88.9971°

RAAN

62.8507°

Arg. of periapsis

87.8192°

True anomaly

272.29598°

Mean anomaly

272.4824°

Eccentric anomaly

272.38919°

Mean motion

3.37939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023301

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-41 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.
7 mins	2025-05-13 18:09:39.638Z	107.506° ESE	2025-05-13 18:13:39.638Z	68.48° E	16.12°	2025-05-13 18:16:39.638Z	39.523° NE
11 mins	2025-05-13 19:53:39.638Z	185.837° SSW	2025-05-13 19:58:39.638Z	239.987° WSW	43.657°	2025-05-13 20:04:39.638Z	354.534° N
11 mins	2025-05-14 07:03:39.638Z	15.1° NNE	2025-05-14 07:08:39.638Z	90.872° ESE	38.857°	2025-05-14 07:14:39.638Z	162.889° S
8 mins	2025-05-14 08:50:39.638Z	327.432° NNW	2025-05-14 08:54:39.638Z	283.627° WNW	21.985°	2025-05-14 08:58:39.638Z	240.469° WSW

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