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QIANFAN-42, 62243

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-42, 62243 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

62243, 2024-232G

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-42
1 62243U 24232G   25132.92651729  .00000579  00000-0  24433-3 0  9994
2 62243  88.9967  61.8511 0017520  66.3392 293.9637 14.24273698 70936

Epoch: 2025-05-12T22:14Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T22:14:11.093Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-142.62771°

Altitude

808.897 km

Speed

7.451 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 07m 24s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

38.57418°

Longitude

-141.88887°

Altitude

805.133 km

Speed

7.46 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 19m 04s

Apparent Declination

2° 13' 07"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:38:21

Azimuth

28.158° NE

Elevation

-44.121°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

820.471 km

Perigee altitude

795.291 km

Semi-major axis

7,186.018 km

Eccentricity

0.001752

Inclination

88.9967°

RAAN

61.8511°

Arg. of periapsis

66.3392°

True anomaly

293.78008°

Mean anomaly

293.9637°

Eccentric anomaly

293.87191°

Mean motion

3.56296 °/min

BSTAR

0.00024433

Orbital period

101.04 mins

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QIANFAN-42 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 18:36:07.523Z	125.117° SE	2025-05-13 18:40:07.523Z	72.077° E	20.991°	2025-05-13 18:43:07.523Z	33.205° NE
8 mins	2025-05-13 20:17:07.523Z	213.337° SW	2025-05-13 20:20:07.523Z	261.382° W	32.293°	2025-05-13 20:25:07.523Z	341.874° N
8 mins	2025-05-14 06:52:07.523Z	26.08° NE	2025-05-14 06:55:07.523Z	73.72° E	31.527°	2025-05-14 07:00:07.523Z	151.862° SSE
6 mins	2025-05-14 08:34:07.523Z	316.297° NNW	2025-05-14 08:36:07.523Z	286.361° WNW	22.032°	2025-05-14 08:40:07.523Z	233.08° WSW

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