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SHIYAN 27F, 63604

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27F, 63604 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

63604, 2025-078F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 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 (3 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 10 hours ago

0 SHIYAN 27F
1 63604U 25078F   25186.56483317  .00000010  00000-0  75357-4 0  9992
2 63604  99.6906 193.9687 0001118  92.6868 267.4398 13.57205968 10515

Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:33Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T13:33:21.585Z)

Latitude

-0.00008°

Longitude

66.82772°

Altitude

1,048.697 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 55m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-3.08665°

Longitude

-113.29748°

Altitude

1,049.132 km

Speed

7.327 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 15m 22s

Apparent Declination

-20° 22' 37"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

11:14:23

Azimuth

321.804° NNW

Elevation

-66.508°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,043.985 km

Perigee altitude

1,042.325 km

Semi-major axis

7,421.292 km

Eccentricity

0.00011

Inclination

99.6906°

RAAN

193.9687°

Arg. of periapsis

92.6868°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

267.4398°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.39488 °/min

Orbital period

106.04 mins

BSTAR

0.000075357

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SHIYAN 27F 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.
12 mins	2025-07-06 00:16:03.309Z	159.543° S	2025-07-06 00:22:03.309Z	112.783° SE	44.534°	2025-07-06 00:28:03.309Z	347.444° N
4 mins	2025-07-06 02:06:03.309Z	253.802° W	2025-07-06 02:08:03.309Z	274.639° WNW	14.392°	2025-07-06 02:10:03.309Z	294.456° NW
11 mins	2025-07-06 13:10:03.309Z	24.433° NE	2025-07-06 13:15:03.309Z	121.23° SE	42.038°	2025-07-06 13:21:03.309Z	184.653° SSW
7 mins	2025-07-06 14:56:03.309Z	331.413° NNW	2025-07-06 14:59:03.309Z	295.757° NW	20.308°	2025-07-06 15:03:03.309Z	255.135° W

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