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HULIANWANG DIGUI-12, 62972

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HULIANWANG DIGUI-12, 62972 is a payload satellite owned by Zhongguo Xingwang (CN) in LEO that was launched on Tue, 11 Feb 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 8A launch vehicle from the Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSC). 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

62972, 2025-030B

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

Zhongguo Weixing Wangluo Jituan YG (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Civil Communications

Bus & Motor

HWHD, Unknown motor

Mass

~800 kg wet, ~800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-02-11 (3 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 8A

Launch site

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

5.935 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 HULIANWANG DIGUI-12
1 62972U 25030B   25128.57635460 -.00000068  00000-0  96008-4 0  9992
2 62972  49.9959 248.6227 0003501 192.9543 167.1250 13.53515877 12017

Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:49Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T13:49:57.037Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

174.49016°

Altitude

1,062.401 km

Speed

7.321 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 34m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-29.79258°

Longitude

20.39014°

Altitude

1,065.729 km

Speed

7.32 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

04h 53m 54s

Apparent Declination

-36° 50' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:00:44

Azimuth

268.85° W

Elevation

-67.705°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,062.669 km

Perigee altitude

1,057.461 km

Semi-major axis

7,438.202 km

Eccentricity

0.0003501

Inclination

49.9959°

RAAN

248.6227°

Arg. of periapsis

192.9543°

True anomaly

167.13394°

Mean anomaly

167.125°

Eccentric anomaly

167.12947°

Mean motion

3.38331 °/min

BSTAR

0.000096008

Orbital period

106.4 mins

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HULIANWANG DIGUI-12 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	2025-05-09 09:26:50.680Z	184.915° SSW	2025-05-09 09:31:50.680Z	134.636° SE	26.051°	2025-05-09 09:37:50.680Z	73.161° E
12 mins	2025-05-09 11:17:50.680Z	241.046° WSW	2025-05-09 11:22:50.680Z	285.676° WNW	44.239°	2025-05-09 11:29:50.680Z	54.922° ENE
11 mins	2025-05-09 13:10:50.680Z	288.57° WNW	2025-05-09 13:15:50.680Z	354.432° N	32.152°	2025-05-09 13:21:50.680Z	56.49° ENE
11 mins	2025-05-09 15:03:50.680Z	311.88° NW	2025-05-09 15:08:50.680Z	19.677° NNE	32.499°	2025-05-09 15:14:50.680Z	80.669° E
11 mins	2025-05-09 16:55:50.680Z	305.756° NW	2025-05-09 17:00:50.680Z	51.395° ENE	44.825°	2025-05-09 17:06:50.680Z	122.133° SE
9 mins	2025-05-09 18:47:50.680Z	275.443° WNW	2025-05-09 18:51:50.680Z	229.811° WSW	24.565°	2025-05-09 18:56:50.680Z	178.769° S

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