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SHIYAN 27B, 63600

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27B, 63600 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 18 Apr 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). 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

63600, 2025-078B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

2 days ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

SW27, Unknown motor

Mass

300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-04-18 (2 weeks ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

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 SHIYAN 27B
1 63600U 25078B   25118.91549429  .00000179  00000-0  31325-3 0  9991
2 63600  99.6936 127.2838 0000949  88.1964 271.9283 13.57195892  1337

Epoch: 2025-04-28T21:58Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T21:58:18.706Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-59.4168°

Altitude

1,048.672 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 29m 08s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

20.68463°

Longitude

-61.0588°

Altitude

1,048.018 km

Speed

7.33 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 33m 37s

Apparent Declination

-28° 22' 58"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

07:12:59

Azimuth

137.075° SSE

Elevation

7.314°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,043.896 km

Perigee altitude

1,042.488 km

Semi-major axis

7,421.329 km

Eccentricity

0.0000949

Inclination

99.6936°

RAAN

127.2838°

Arg. of periapsis

88.1964°

True anomaly

271.91743°

Mean anomaly

271.9283°

Eccentric anomaly

271.92287°

Mean motion

3.39485 °/min

BSTAR

0.00031325

Orbital period

106.04 mins

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SHIYAN 27B 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.
11 mins	2025-04-30 23:37:49.584Z	133.981° SE	2025-04-30 23:43:49.584Z	58.103° ENE	33.714°	2025-04-30 23:48:49.584Z	1.053° NNE
9 mins	2025-05-01 01:23:49.584Z	209.972° SW	2025-05-01 01:27:49.584Z	258.585° W	27.588°	2025-05-01 01:32:49.584Z	319.946° NNW
10 mins	2025-05-01 12:30:49.584Z	40.09° NE	2025-05-01 12:35:49.584Z	103.01° ESE	28.058°	2025-05-01 12:40:49.584Z	157.202° SSE
10 mins	2025-05-01 14:15:49.584Z	353.314° N	2025-05-01 14:19:49.584Z	299.758° NW	33.314°	2025-05-01 14:25:49.584Z	226.476° WSW
5 mins	2025-05-01 22:42:49.584Z	79.672° E	2025-05-01 22:44:49.584Z	59.129° ENE	15.292°	2025-05-01 22:47:49.584Z	28.723° NE

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