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TIANYAN 23, 63209

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TIANYAN 23, 63209 is a Chinese payload satellite in SSO that was launched on Sat, 15 Mar 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D 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

63209, 2025-051B

Orbit

SSO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Tianlian Measurement and Control Technology Co. Ltd. (CN)

Manufacturer

ZZQY

Mission

Operational Commercial Imaging

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~100 kg wet, ~100 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-15 (10 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.8 m

Radar Cross Section

0.120 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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Last TLE update: 2 days ago

TLE from 2 days ago

0 TIANYAN 23
1 63209U 25051B   26005.60900112  .00031986  00000-0  86650-3 0  9990
2 63209  97.4676  88.9857 0006224 326.3840  33.7009 15.37582366 45294

Epoch: 2026-01-05T14:36Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-05T14:36:57.696Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

124.5416°

Altitude

452.836 km

Speed

7.643 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 55m 56s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow 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

17:00:19

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

454.456 km

Perigee altitude

445.956 km

Semi-major axis

6,828.343 km

Eccentricity

0.00062

Inclination

97.4676°

RAAN

88.9857°

Arg. of periapsis

326.384°

True anomaly

33.7405°

Mean anomaly

33.7009°

Eccentric anomaly

33.7207°

Mean motion

3.84654 °/min

Orbital period

93.59 mins

BSTAR

0.0008665

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TIANYAN 23 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.
4 mins	2026-01-07 18:43:44.190Z	341.302° N	2026-01-07 18:45:44.190Z	271.572° WNW	31.34°	2026-01-07 18:47:44.190Z	223.635° SW
5 mins	2026-01-08 05:13:44.190Z	146.948° SSE	2026-01-08 05:15:44.190Z	92.275° ESE	38.183°	2026-01-08 05:18:44.190Z	359.93° N

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TIANYAN 23, 63209

Orbit data source: Space-Track

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-01-05T14:36:57.696Z)

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