HULIANWANG DIGUI-18, 62978
Orbit data source: Space-Track
HULIANWANG DIGUI-18, 62978 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
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST
Mission
Operational Civil Communications
Bus & Motor
XINGWANG C, Unknown motor
Mass
~700 kg wet, ~700 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 5.0 m
Radar Cross Section
5.935 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 19 hours ago
TLE from 19 hours ago
0 HULIANWANG DIGUI-18
1 62978U 25030H 26306.88296142 -.00000101 00000-0 50374-4 0 9995
2 62978 50.0054 98.1193 0001132 164.5403 195.5504 13.29328457 84318Epoch: 2026-11-02T21:11Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-02T21:11:27.866Z)
Latitude
-0.00002°
Longitude
98.09958°
Altitude
1,150.625 km
Speed
7.278 km/s
True Right ascension
06h 32m 28s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
11:35:08
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
1,150.854 km
Perigee altitude
1,149.15 km
Semi-major axis
7,528.139 km
Eccentricity
0.00011
Inclination
50.0054°
RAAN
98.1193°
Arg. of periapsis
164.5403°
True anomaly
195.54692°
Mean anomaly
195.5504°
Eccentric anomaly
195.54866°
Mean motion
3.32286 °/min
Orbital period
108.34 mins
BSTAR
0.000050374
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Other satellites on launch #30 in the year 2025 (2025-02-11 UTC)
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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. |
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| 12 mins | 2026-11-03 17:27:56.890Z | 310.15° NW | 2026-11-03 17:32:56.890Z | 9.691° NNE | 42.382° | 2026-11-03 17:39:56.890Z | 82.944° E |
| 12 mins | 2026-11-03 19:21:56.890Z | 304.645° NW | 2026-11-03 19:27:56.890Z | 113.467° SE | 80.648° | 2026-11-03 19:33:56.890Z | 124.924° SE |
| 10 mins | 2026-11-03 21:15:56.890Z | 278.3° WNW | 2026-11-03 21:20:56.890Z | 226.802° WSW | 26.31° | 2026-11-03 21:25:56.890Z | 180.934° SSW |
| 9 mins | 2026-11-04 11:12:56.890Z | 169.959° S | 2026-11-04 11:16:56.890Z | 129.585° SE | 25.238° | 2026-11-04 11:21:56.890Z | 80.749° E |
| 13 mins | 2026-11-04 13:03:56.890Z | 233.481° WSW | 2026-11-04 13:09:56.890Z | 224.42° SW | 86.47° | 2026-11-04 13:16:56.890Z | 56.118° ENE |
| 12 mins | 2026-11-04 14:58:56.890Z | 281.069° WNW | 2026-11-04 15:04:56.890Z | 356.117° N | 42.54° | 2026-11-04 15:10:56.890Z | 55.096° ENE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
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