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QIANFAN-48, 62249

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-48, 62249 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

62249, 2024-232N

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

16 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 16 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-48
1 62249U 24232N   25132.58182734  .00000164  00000-0  23529-3 0  9992
2 62249  88.9973  62.9006 0019323  96.9975 263.3375 13.50952444 70334

Epoch: 2025-05-12T13:57Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T13:57:49.882Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

-17.15009°

Altitude

1,073.407 km

Speed

7.314 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 36s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.13214°

Longitude

-17.21527°

Altitude

1,072.875 km

Speed

7.315 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 28m 17s

Apparent Declination

-18° 38' 28"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:22:17

Azimuth

321.456° NNW

Elevation

-64.412°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,080.191 km

Perigee altitude

1,051.424 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.944 km

Eccentricity

0.0019323

Inclination

88.9973°

RAAN

62.9006°

Arg. of periapsis

96.9975°

True anomaly

263.11763°

Mean anomaly

263.3375°

Eccentric anomaly

263.22756°

Mean motion

3.37939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023529

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-48 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.
10 mins	2025-05-13 06:33:45.852Z	25.211° NE	2025-05-13 06:38:45.852Z	79.828° E	26.084°	2025-05-13 06:43:45.852Z	136.373° SSE
10 mins	2025-05-13 08:20:45.852Z	341.892° N	2025-05-13 08:25:45.852Z	272.698° WNW	34.212°	2025-05-13 08:30:45.852Z	213.25° SW
9 mins	2025-05-13 18:32:45.852Z	120.828° SE	2025-05-13 18:36:45.852Z	74.58° E	23.607°	2025-05-13 18:41:45.852Z	24.009° NE
11 mins	2025-05-13 20:17:45.852Z	204.165° SW	2025-05-13 20:22:45.852Z	273.366° WNW	37.088°	2025-05-13 20:28:45.852Z	347.066° N

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