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QIANFAN-47, 62248

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-47, 62248 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

62248, 2024-232M

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-47
1 62248U 24232M   25132.91507755  .00000165  00000-0  23656-3 0  9994
2 62248  88.9970  62.8735 0017097  93.5284 266.7823 13.50954423 70378

Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:57Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:57:42.7Z)

Latitude

-0°

Longitude

-137.47573°

Altitude

1,072.439 km

Speed

7.315 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

7.3088°

Longitude

-137.40039°

Altitude

1,069.842 km

Speed

7.318 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 14m 53s

Apparent Declination

-15° 07' 20"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

18:51:42

Azimuth

47.325° ENE

Elevation

-57.43°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,078.527 km

Perigee altitude

1,053.073 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.937 km

Eccentricity

0.0017097

Inclination

88.997°

RAAN

62.8735°

Arg. of periapsis

93.5284°

True anomaly

266.58672°

Mean anomaly

266.7823°

Eccentric anomaly

266.68451°

Mean motion

3.3794 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023656

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-47 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 19:23:26.825Z	164.833° S	2025-05-13 19:29:26.825Z	83.14° E	42.509°	2025-05-13 19:35:26.825Z	5.553° NNE
7 mins	2025-05-13 21:13:26.825Z	250.622° W	2025-05-13 21:16:26.825Z	282.311° WNW	17.984°	2025-05-13 21:20:26.825Z	322.434° NNW
9 mins	2025-05-14 06:34:26.825Z	29.678° NE	2025-05-14 06:38:26.825Z	78.19° E	27.579°	2025-05-14 06:43:26.825Z	138.016° SSE
10 mins	2025-05-14 08:20:26.825Z	340.765° N	2025-05-14 08:25:26.825Z	275.186° WNW	32.72°	2025-05-14 08:30:26.825Z	216.146° SW

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