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SJ-25, 62485

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SJ-25, 62485 is a payload satellite owned by SAST (CN) in GEO that was launched on Mon, 06 Jan 2025 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

62485, 2025-002A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

16 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SAST?

Mission

Operational Defense Technology

Bus & Motor

SJ21, Unknown motor

Mass

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

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-06 (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, 15.0 m

Radar Cross Section

34.063 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 16 hours ago

0 SJ-25
1 62485U 25002A   25198.75763421 -.00000356  00000-0  00000+0 0  9998
2 62485  10.5452  42.2609 0065184 184.0321 109.2772  1.00259836  2015

Epoch: 2025-07-17T18:10Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-17T18:10:59.595Z)

Latitude

-9.64617°

Longitude

128.06876°

Altitude

35,882.642 km

Speed

3.068 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 26m 32s

True Declination

-9° 38' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

0.90317°

Longitude

8.87623°

Altitude

35,518.81 km

Speed

3.094 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

14h 10m 06s

Apparent Declination

-4° 19' 42"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

23:01:31

Azimuth

297.301° NW

Elevation

-34.653°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,065.838 km

Perigee altitude

35,516.088 km

Semi-major axis

42,169.1 km

Eccentricity

0.00652

Inclination

10.5452°

RAAN

42.2609°

Arg. of periapsis

184.0321°

True anomaly

109.98036°

Mean anomaly

109.2772°

Eccentric anomaly

109.62897°

Mean motion

0.25064 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.32 mins

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