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QIANFAN-46, 62247

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-46, 62247 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

62247, 2024-232L

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-46
1 62247U 24232L   25132.91105110  .00000166  00000-0  23878-3 0  9999
2 62247  88.9974  62.9323 0016699  94.5643 265.7416 13.50951271 70344

Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:51Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:51:54.815Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-135.96344°

Altitude

1,072.658 km

Speed

7.315 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-35.72796°

Longitude

44.70467°

Altitude

1,088.96 km

Speed

7.303 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 44m 44s

Apparent Declination

-71° 48' 13"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:00:40

Azimuth

201.785° SSW

Elevation

-34.319°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,078.242 km

Perigee altitude

1,053.381 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.949 km

Eccentricity

0.0016699

Inclination

88.9974°

RAAN

62.9323°

Arg. of periapsis

94.5643°

True anomaly

265.5508°

Mean anomaly

265.7416°

Eccentric anomaly

265.6462°

Mean motion

3.37939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023878

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-46 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.
12 mins	2025-05-13 19:17:32.610Z	161.151° S	2025-05-13 19:23:32.610Z	88.527° E	40.785°	2025-05-13 19:29:32.610Z	7.827° NNE
7 mins	2025-05-13 21:07:32.610Z	247.49° WSW	2025-05-13 21:10:32.610Z	280.812° WNW	19.878°	2025-05-13 21:14:32.610Z	323.052° NNW
9 mins	2025-05-14 06:28:32.610Z	30.881° NE	2025-05-14 06:32:32.610Z	76.579° E	25.354°	2025-05-14 06:37:32.610Z	134.035° SE
11 mins	2025-05-14 08:14:32.610Z	343.604° N	2025-05-14 08:19:32.610Z	277.74° WNW	35.062°	2025-05-14 08:25:32.610Z	209.226° SW

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