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TJS-16, 63397

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TJS-16, 63397 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in GEO that was launched on Sat, 29 Mar 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 7A 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

63397, 2025-064A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

Strategic Support Troops (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

SISE

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

FY-4?, LAE

Mass

~5,000 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-03-29 (1 month ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 7A

Launch site

Wenchang Satellite Launch Center (WSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 2 days ago

0 TJS-16
1 63397U 25064A   25118.84521047 -.00000179  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 63397   0.0627  32.4232 0001132  66.1525 215.2516  1.00271349   237

Epoch: 2025-04-28T20:17Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T20:17:06.184Z)

Latitude

-0.03265°

Longitude

152.48576°

Altitude

35,790.087 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

20h 55m 15s

True Declination

0° 01' 57"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.00223°

Longitude

-154.79006°

Altitude

35,786.464 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 00m 53s

Apparent Declination

-5° 21' 03"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

07:15:45

Azimuth

278.057° WNW

Elevation

-17.751°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,792.561 km

Perigee altitude

35,783.014 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.925 km

Eccentricity

0.0001132

Inclination

0.0627°

RAAN

32.4232°

Arg. of periapsis

66.1525°

True anomaly

215.24411°

Mean anomaly

215.2516°

Eccentric anomaly

215.24786°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.16 mins

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