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SHIYAN 27D, 63602

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27D, 63602 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

63602, 2025-078D

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 27D
1 63602U 25078D   25118.92775837  .00000088  00000-0  18553-3 0  9995
2 63602  99.6955 127.2705 0000957  89.4169 270.7078 13.57196760  1337

Epoch: 2025-04-28T22:15Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-28T22:15:58.323Z)

Latitude

-0.0001°

Longitude

-63.85725°

Altitude

1,048.684 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 29m 04s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

64.63634°

Longitude

-82.82202°

Altitude

1,056.286 km

Speed

7.33 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

20h 39m 39s

Apparent Declination

55° 44' 01"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

07:44:07

Azimuth

352.186° N

Elevation

6.377°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,043.899 km

Perigee altitude

1,042.479 km

Semi-major axis

7,421.326 km

Eccentricity

0.0000957

Inclination

99.6955°

RAAN

127.2705°

Arg. of periapsis

89.4169°

True anomaly

270.69683°

Mean anomaly

270.7078°

Eccentric anomaly

270.70232°

Mean motion

3.39485 °/min

BSTAR

0.00018553

Orbital period

106.04 mins

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SHIYAN 27D 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.
9 mins	2025-05-01 01:40:51.576Z	216.458° SW	2025-05-01 01:45:51.576Z	268.749° W	21.291°	2025-05-01 01:49:51.576Z	311.811° NW
10 mins	2025-05-01 12:48:51.576Z	36.889° NE	2025-05-01 12:52:51.576Z	96.156° ESE	34.966°	2025-05-01 12:58:51.576Z	170.036° S
8 mins	2025-05-01 14:33:51.576Z	342.52° N	2025-05-01 14:36:51.576Z	304.584° NW	26.974°	2025-05-01 14:41:51.576Z	242.62° WSW
7 mins	2025-05-01 22:58:51.576Z	96.752° ESE	2025-05-01 23:01:51.576Z	64.021° ENE	19.954°	2025-05-01 23:05:51.576Z	20.093° NNE

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