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XW-2C, 40906 (Decayed)

Orbit data source: Space-Track

XW-2C, 40906 was a payload satellite owned by CAMSAT (CN) in LEO that was launched on Sat, 19 Sep 2015 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6 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

40906, 2015-049H

Orbit

Decayed

Last TLE update

5 months ago

Origin

AMSAT China (CAMSAT) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH Shenzhen

Mission

Decayed Amateur Communications

Bus & Motor

XW2B, Unknown motor

Mass

10 kg wet, 10 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2015-09-19 (10 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 0.246 m

Radar Cross Section

0.091 m², Small (<0.1 m²)

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TLE from 5 months ago

0 XW-2C
1 40906U 15049H   25047.62605869  .06460715  25777-5  82494-3 0  9990
2 40906  97.4284  83.7622 0006300 238.5188 121.5494 16.35922890522636

Epoch: 2025-02-16T15:01Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-02-16T15:01:31.47Z)

Latitude

-0.00004°

Longitude

71.52466°

Altitude

182.079 km

Speed

7.796 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 35m 02s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

No trajectory is available.

Visualization observer readout

No trajectory is available.

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

177.612 km

Perigee altitude

169.357 km

Semi-major axis

6,551.622 km

Eccentricity

0.00063

Inclination

97.4284°

RAAN

83.7622°

Arg. of periapsis

238.5188°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

121.5494°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

4.09279 °/min

Orbital period

87.96 mins

BSTAR

0.00082494

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2015 (2015-09-19 UTC)

OBJECT A, 40899 (Decayed)

NUDT-PHONESAT, 40900 (Decayed)

ZDPS 2A, 40901 (Decayed)

ZDPS 2B, 40902 (Decayed)

XW-2A, 40903 (Decayed)

KAITUO 1A, 40904 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 40905

XW-2D, 40907 (Decayed)

LILACSAT 2, 40908

XW-2E, 40909 (Decayed)

XW-2F, 40910 (Decayed)

XW-2B, 40911 (Decayed)

KAITUO 1B, 40912 (Decayed)

CZ-6 R/B, 40913 (Decayed)

XW-2C Visibility

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

This satellite is decayed

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