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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

62978, 2025-030H

Orbit

LEO

Last TLE update

18 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 18 hours ago

0 HULIANWANG DIGUI-18
1 62978U 25030H   25128.52322875 -.00000071  00000-0  90183-4 0  9998
2 62978  50.0063 248.3734 0000587 120.6241 239.4701 13.54588812 12010

Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:33Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T12:33:26.964Z)

Latitude

0.00007°

Longitude

-166.58139°

Altitude

1,056.158 km

Speed

7.325 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 33m 29s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

19.34262°

Longitude

-152.33069°

Altitude

1,055.537 km

Speed

7.327 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 27m 34s

Apparent Declination

-18° 13' 35"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:32:10

Azimuth

104.867° ESE

Elevation

-10.725°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,056.573 km

Perigee altitude

1,055.7 km

Semi-major axis

7,434.273 km

Eccentricity

0.0000587

Inclination

50.0063°

RAAN

248.3734°

Arg. of periapsis

120.6241°

True anomaly

239.46431°

Mean anomaly

239.4701°

Eccentric anomaly

239.4672°

Mean motion

3.38599 °/min

BSTAR

0.000090183

Orbital period

106.32 mins

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HULIANWANG DIGUI-18 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.
12 mins	2025-05-09 09:56:20.618Z	202.071° SSW	2025-05-09 10:02:20.618Z	130.779° SE	34.783°	2025-05-09 10:08:20.618Z	66.084° ENE
11 mins	2025-05-09 11:48:20.618Z	256.498° W	2025-05-09 11:53:20.618Z	324.829° NNW	41.168°	2025-05-09 11:59:20.618Z	51.5° ENE
10 mins	2025-05-09 13:41:20.618Z	297.447° NW	2025-05-09 13:46:20.618Z	0.898° NNE	30.436°	2025-05-09 13:51:20.618Z	56.847° ENE
12 mins	2025-05-09 15:33:20.618Z	309.885° NW	2025-05-09 15:38:20.618Z	7.191° NNE	35.436°	2025-05-09 15:45:20.618Z	91.31° ESE
12 mins	2025-05-09 17:25:20.618Z	299.653° NW	2025-05-09 17:30:20.618Z	239.827° WSW	43.376°	2025-05-09 17:37:20.618Z	136.406° SSE
7 mins	2025-05-09 19:18:20.618Z	263.254° W	2025-05-09 19:21:20.618Z	233.779° WSW	16.454°	2025-05-09 19:25:20.618Z	197.379° SSW

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