OBJECT A, 68656

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OBJECT A, 68656 is a Chinese satellite in LEO that was launched on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A launch vehicle from the Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC). Unknown objects in Earth's orbit typically refer to objects detected orbiting the Earth but have not yet been identified or cataloged. These objects could be anything from previously untracked satellites, spent rocket stages, debris from satellite collisions, or even natural meteoroids temporarily captured by Earth's gravity.

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Identifier

68656, 2026-076A

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

None

Manufacturer

Unknown

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

Unknown

Launch date (UTC)

2026-04-08 (2 days ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Unknown

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

RCS unknown

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0 OBJECT A
1 68656U 26076A   26100.16850965 -.00001620  00000-0 -14966-2 0  9990
2 68656  86.4932  67.9073 0007149 214.8689 145.2011 13.83110620   195

Epoch: 2026-04-10T04:02Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-10T04:02:39.233Z)

Latitude

-0.00002°

Longitude

168.83779°

Altitude

960.159 km

Speed

7.369 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 31m 37s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

16:18:13

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

955.149 km

Perigee altitude

944.671 km

Semi-major axis

7,328.047 km

Eccentricity

0.00071

Inclination

86.4932°

RAAN

67.9073°

Arg. of periapsis

214.8689°

True anomaly

145.24782°

Mean anomaly

145.2011°

Eccentric anomaly

145.22446°

Mean motion

3.45988 °/min

Orbital period

104.05 mins

BSTAR

-0.0014966

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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.
5 mins	2026-04-10 11:37:04.849Z	307.422° NW	2026-04-10 11:39:04.849Z	286.45° WNW	14.167°	2026-04-10 11:42:04.849Z	255.487° W
9 mins	2026-04-10 21:32:04.849Z	138.772° SSE	2026-04-10 21:36:04.849Z	83.767° E	29.785°	2026-04-10 21:41:04.849Z	22.461° NNE
8 mins	2026-04-10 23:17:04.849Z	231.127° WSW	2026-04-10 23:20:04.849Z	273.051° WNW	28.072°	2026-04-10 23:25:04.849Z	338.641° N
5 mins	2026-04-11 08:27:04.849Z	49.874° ENE	2026-04-11 08:29:04.849Z	72.157° E	15.689°	2026-04-11 08:32:04.849Z	104.455° ESE

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OBJECT A, 68656

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-04-10T04:02:39.233Z)

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