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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

11 hours ago

Origin

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

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational Defense Radar Imaging

Bus & Motor

SW27, Unknown motor

Mass

300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-04-18 (2 months ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Pan, 10 m

Radar Cross Section

13.200 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 SHIYAN 27B
1 63600U 25078B   25181.87141412 -.00000001  00000-0  61070-4 0  9992
2 63600  99.6915 189.2988 0001108  94.1340 265.9925 13.57206647  9875

Epoch: 2025-06-30T20:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-06-30T20:54:50.179Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-43.58527°

Altitude

1,048.714 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 37m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

11.22256°

Longitude

138.81598°

Altitude

1,047.698 km

Speed

7.329 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

03h 22m 37s

Apparent Declination

-19° 35' 11"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

19:59:32

Azimuth

92.775° ESE

Elevation

-28.125°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,043.975 km

Perigee altitude

1,042.33 km

Semi-major axis

7,421.289 km

Eccentricity

0.00011

Inclination

99.6915°

RAAN

189.2988°

Arg. of periapsis

94.134°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

265.9925°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.39488 °/min

Orbital period

106.04 mins

BSTAR

0.00006107

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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	2025-07-01 13:26:25.847Z	16.036° NNE	2025-07-01 13:31:25.847Z	143.121° SSE	44.928°	2025-07-01 13:37:25.847Z	195.061° SSW
6 mins	2025-07-01 15:12:25.847Z	330.313° NNW	2025-07-01 15:15:25.847Z	299.207° NW	15.746°	2025-07-01 15:18:25.847Z	269.935° W
10 mins	2025-07-01 23:35:25.847Z	127.261° SE	2025-07-01 23:40:25.847Z	57.224° ENE	32.476°	2025-07-01 23:45:25.847Z	1.782° NNE
9 mins	2025-07-02 01:20:25.847Z	208.511° SW	2025-07-02 01:24:25.847Z	259.497° W	28.902°	2025-07-02 01:29:25.847Z	321.518° NNW

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