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OBJECT C, 62731

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OBJECT C, 62731 is a Chinese payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Mon, 20 Jan 2025 UTC via a GUSHENXING 1 launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

62731, 2025-013C

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational Commercial Meteo Radio Occ.

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2025-01-20 (2 years ago)

Launch vehicle

GUSHENXING 1

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 2.5 m

Radar Cross Section

5.339 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 OBJECT C
1 62731U 25013C   26318.91652360  .00003430  00000-0  20265-3 0  9990
2 62731  97.6610 128.2907 0013080 210.9219 149.1242 15.12115993100107

Epoch: 2026-11-14T21:59Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-14T21:59:47.639Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

104.32776°

Altitude

540.58 km

Speed

7.588 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 33m 09s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

02:30:29

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

535.767 km

Perigee altitude

517.704 km

Semi-major axis

6,904.872 km

Eccentricity

0.00131

Inclination

97.661°

RAAN

128.2907°

Arg. of periapsis

210.9219°

True anomaly

149.20101°

Mean anomaly

149.1242°

Eccentric anomaly

149.16262°

Mean motion

3.78277 °/min

Orbital period

95.17 mins

BSTAR

0.00020265

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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.
6 mins	2026-11-15 10:50:36.952Z	125.879° SE	2026-11-15 10:53:36.952Z	61.813° ENE	29.003°	2026-11-15 10:56:36.952Z	10.786° NNE
5 mins	2026-11-15 23:59:36.952Z	36.71° NE	2026-11-16 00:01:36.952Z	96.532° ESE	45.918°	2026-11-16 00:04:36.952Z	169.925° S

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OBJECT C, 62731

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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