QSS, 41731
Orbit data source: Space-Track
QSS, 41731 is a payload satellite owned by CAS (CN) in LEO that was launched on Mon, 15 Aug 2016 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets 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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QSS details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | LEO |
| Last TLE update | 8 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | SECM/USTC |
| Mission | Operational Civil Technology |
| Bus & Motor | CAST-2000?, AOCS |
| Mass | 640 kg wet, ~500 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 4 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 5.141 m², Large (>1 m²) |
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TLE from 8 hours ago
0 QSS
1 41731U 16051A 24279.56065462 .00030367 00000-0 72334-3 0 9998
2 41731 97.3010 191.1948 0009068 169.6640 190.4796 15.41506531453678Epoch: 2024-10-05T13:27Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-10-05T13:27:20.559Z)
| Latitude | 0.00007° |
| Longitude | -25.35608° |
| Altitude | 450.867 km |
| Speed | 7.638 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 12h 44m 46s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Predictive object data (real-time)
| Latitude | -11.07825° |
| Longitude | -23.60402° |
| Altitude | 453.008 km |
| Speed | 7.636 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 09h 46m 55s |
| Apparent Declination | -54° 08' 37" |
| Sunlit | Object is in daylight |
Predictive observer data (real-time)
| Local Sidereal Time | 15:11:29 |
| Azimuth | 220.422° SW |
| Elevation | -26.799° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee | 444.776 km |
| Perigee | 432.414 km |
| Semi-major axis | 6,816.732 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.0009068 |
| Inclination | 97.301° |
| RAAN | 191.1948° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 169.664° |
| True anomaly | 190.46072° |
| Mean anomaly | 190.4796° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 190.47016° |
| Mean motion | 3.85637 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00072334 |
| Period | 93.35 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #51 in the year 2016 (2016-08-15 UTC)
| QSS, 41731 |
| 3CAT-2, 41732 (Decayed) |
| LX-1, 41733 (Decayed) |
QSS Visibility forecast
Observer location: 39.9160978°, -105.1181434
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