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TJS-12, 62374

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TJS-12, 62374 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 20 Dec 2024 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

62374, 2024-246A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

Strategic Support Troops (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Operational Defense Early Warn

Bus & Motor

FY-4?, LAE

Mass

~5,000 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2024-12-20 (6 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 30 m

Radar Cross Section

34.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 TJS-12
1 62374U 24246A   25184.88059220 -.00000218  00000-0  00000-0 0  9996
2 62374   1.5059 285.5763 0002496 131.6751 328.4293  1.00271852  2071

Epoch: 2025-07-03T21:08Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T21:08:03.166Z)

Latitude

1.48929°

Longitude

146.51857°

Altitude

35,776.937 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 42m 41s

True Declination

1° 29' 16"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-0.82638°

Longitude

-99.64138°

Altitude

35,784.742 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

08h 53m 45s

Apparent Declination

-6° 04' 36"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:31:22

Azimuth

281.392° WNW

Elevation

-22.524°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,798.17 km

Perigee altitude

35,777.121 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.782 km

Eccentricity

0.00025

Inclination

1.5059°

RAAN

285.5763°

Arg. of periapsis

131.6751°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

328.4293°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.15 mins

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