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QIANFAN-50, 62251

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QIANFAN-50, 62251 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

62251, 2024-232Q

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

14 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 14 hours ago

0 QIANFAN-50
1 62251U 24232Q   25132.89037421  .00000158  00000-0  22580-3 0  9990
2 62251  88.9978  62.8799 0018119  92.4228 267.8997 13.50954736 38995

Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:22Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-12T21:22:08.331Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

-128.55178°

Altitude

1,072.22 km

Speed

7.316 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 11m 31s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-44.18125°

Longitude

-129.57993°

Altitude

1,095.299 km

Speed

7.299 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 52m 06s

Apparent Declination

-45° 28' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:47:43

Azimuth

114.28° SE

Elevation

-68.173°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,079.287 km

Perigee altitude

1,052.311 km

Semi-major axis

7,443.936 km

Eccentricity

0.0018119

Inclination

88.9978°

RAAN

62.8799°

Arg. of periapsis

92.4228°

True anomaly

267.69223°

Mean anomaly

267.8997°

Eccentric anomaly

267.79596°

Mean motion

3.3794 °/min

BSTAR

0.0002258

Orbital period

106.53 mins

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QIANFAN-50 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.
11 mins	2025-05-13 18:48:18.452Z	142.093° SSE	2025-05-13 18:54:18.452Z	75.591° E	29.963°	2025-05-13 18:59:18.452Z	19.478° NNE
10 mins	2025-05-13 20:36:18.452Z	220.678° SW	2025-05-13 20:40:18.452Z	271.92° WNW	30.288°	2025-05-13 20:46:18.452Z	341.04° N
6 mins	2025-05-14 06:00:18.452Z	51.469° ENE	2025-05-14 06:02:18.452Z	71.769° E	15.753°	2025-05-14 06:06:18.452Z	110.837° ESE
11 mins	2025-05-14 07:45:18.452Z	355.315° N	2025-05-14 07:50:18.452Z	240.894° WSW	43.668°	2025-05-14 07:56:18.452Z	189.934° SSW

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