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TJS-17, 63524

Orbit data source: Space-Track

TJS-17, 63524 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in GEO that was launched on Thu, 10 Apr 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). 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

63524, 2025-073A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

7 hours 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)

2025-04-10 (1 month ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 3B

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 TJS-17
1 63524U 25073A   25129.58917618 -.00000168  00000-0  00000+0 0  9996
2 63524   0.0452  46.4061 0000875  67.4348 118.6576  1.00274901   442

Epoch: 2025-05-09T14:08Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T14:08:24.821Z)

Latitude

-0.02454°

Longitude

152.75542°

Altitude

35,786.987 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

15h 30m 00s

True Declination

0° 01' 28"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.00327°

Longitude

-99.08694°

Altitude

35,787.733 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

22h 17m 19s

Apparent Declination

-5° 21' 15"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

05:31:11

Azimuth

277.885° WNW

Elevation

-17.563°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,790.481 km

Perigee altitude

35,783.102 km

Semi-major axis

42,164.929 km

Eccentricity

0.0000875

Inclination

0.0452°

RAAN

46.4061°

Arg. of periapsis

67.4348°

True anomaly

118.6664°

Mean anomaly

118.6576°

Eccentric anomaly

118.662°

Mean motion

0.25068 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.11 mins

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