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QIANFAN-49, 62250

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-49, 62250 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

62250, 2024-232P

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-49
1 62250U 24232P   25132.86572730  .00000166  00000-0  23827-3 0  9997
2 62250  88.9972  62.8862 0016484  91.2471 269.0569 13.50952936 38965

Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:46Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T20:46:38.838Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-119.6483°

Altitude

1,071.93 km

Speed

7.316 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 32s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-39.68974°

Longitude

61.11524°

Altitude

1,091.844 km

Speed

7.301 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

12h 51m 48s

Apparent Declination

-57° 11' 21"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

20:30:17

Azimuth

224.586° SW

Elevation

-45.435°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,078.076 km

Perigee altitude

1,053.535 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.943 km

Eccentricity

0.0016484

Inclination

88.9972°

RAAN

62.8862°

Arg. of periapsis

91.2471°

True anomaly

268.86804°

Mean anomaly

269.0569°

Eccentric anomaly

268.96247°

Mean motion

3.37939 °/min

BSTAR

0.00023827

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-49 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 18:15:45.918Z	107.638° ESE	2025-05-13 18:18:45.918Z	77.249° E	17.824°	2025-05-13 18:22:45.918Z	36.558° NE
11 mins	2025-05-13 19:59:45.918Z	190.517° SSW	2025-05-13 20:04:45.918Z	261.248° W	42.717°	2025-05-13 20:10:45.918Z	352.71° N
11 mins	2025-05-14 07:09:45.918Z	13.317° NNE	2025-05-14 07:14:45.918Z	100.742° ESE	40.585°	2025-05-14 07:20:45.918Z	167.029° S
8 mins	2025-05-14 08:56:45.918Z	324.21° NNW	2025-05-14 09:00:45.918Z	280.908° WNW	20.033°	2025-05-14 09:04:45.918Z	241.323° WSW

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