SPARK 2, 41901
Orbit data source: Space-Track
SPARK 2, 41901 is a payload satellite owned by SECM (CN) in SSO that was launched on Wed, 21 Dec 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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SPARK 2 details
| Identifier | |
| Orbit | SSO |
| Last TLE update | 20 hours ago |
| Origin | |
| Manufacturer | SECM |
| Mission | Operational Civil Imaging |
| Bus & Motor | SPARK, Unknown motor |
| Mass | 43 kg wet, 43 kg dry |
| Launch date (UTC) | |
| Launch vehicle | |
| Launch site | |
| Object type | Payload Rocket body Debris |
| Shape & HBR | Box + 2 Pan, 1 m |
| Radar Cross Section | 0.388 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²) |
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TLE from 20 hours ago
0 SPARK 2
1 41901U 16081D 24360.64515459 .00002077 00000-0 46181-3 0 9994
2 41901 98.4866 325.7741 0025720 182.5628 177.5442 14.57895184425615Epoch: 2024-12-25T15:29Z
Definitive object data (Epoch: 2024-12-25T15:29:01.356Z)
| Latitude | -0.00006° |
| Longitude | -1.11747° |
| Altitude | 721.144 km |
| Speed | 7.485 km/s |
| True Right ascension | 21h 43m 05s |
| True Declination | 0° 00' 00" |
| Sunlit | Object was in daylight at TLE epoch |
Visualization TLE readout
| Latitude | 32.55174° |
| Longitude | -174.81295° |
| Altitude | 688.885 km |
| Speed | 7.523 km/s |
| Apparent Right ascension | 06h 54m 42s |
| Apparent Declination | -8° 29' 34" |
| Sunlit | Object is in full shadow |
Visualization observer readout
| Local Sidereal Time | 11:16:48 |
| Azimuth | 247.322° WSW |
| Elevation | 12.678° |
| Doppler factor | 1 |
Orbital elements
| Apogee altitude | 715.273 km |
| Perigee altitude | 678.878 km |
| Semi-major axis | 7,075.213 km |
| Eccentricity | 0.002572 |
| Inclination | 98.4866° |
| RAAN | 325.7741° |
| Arg. of periapsis | 182.5628° |
| True anomaly | 177.55679° |
| Mean anomaly | 177.5442° |
| Eccentric anomaly | 177.5505° |
| Mean motion | 3.64698 °/min |
| BSTAR | 0.00046181 |
| Orbital period | 98.71 mins |
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Other satellites on launch #81 in the year 2016 (2016-12-21 UTC)
| TANSAT, 41898 |
| YIJIAN, 41899 |
| SPARK 1, 41900 |
| SPARK 2, 41901 |
| CZ-2D R/B, 41902 (Decayed) |
SPARK 2 Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined
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. |
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| 7 mins | 2024-12-26 21:16:23.255Z | 130.355° SE | 2024-12-26 21:19:23.255Z | 78.571° E | 31.424° | 2024-12-26 21:23:23.255Z | 6.768° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2024-12-26 22:55:23.255Z | 232.487° WSW | 2024-12-26 22:57:23.255Z | 265.13° W | 20.364° | 2024-12-26 23:00:23.255Z | 309.607° NW |
| 8 mins | 2024-12-27 10:53:23.255Z | 11.412° NNE | 2024-12-27 10:57:23.255Z | 212.107° SW | 43.434° | 2024-12-27 11:01:23.255Z | 197.02° SSW |
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