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HEAD-1, 43011

Orbit data source: Space-Track

HEAD-1, 43011 is a payload satellite owned by HEAD (CN) in SSO that was launched on Tue, 14 Nov 2017 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 4C 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

43011, 2017-072B

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

6 hours ago

Origin

HEAD Aerospace Group (HEAD) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

LIZH/SAST

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

HEAD-1, Unknown motor

Mass

45 kg wet, 45 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2017-11-14 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 4C

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

0.223 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 6 hours ago

0 HEAD-1
1 43011U 17072B   25184.88125578  .00000259  00000-0  12199-3 0  9991
2 43011  98.9626 188.9341 0011230  85.2736 274.9727 14.28471044397623

Epoch: 2025-07-03T21:09Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-03T21:09:00.499Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

-50.45963°

Altitude

799.074 km

Speed

7.454 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 35m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

42.15494°

Longitude

137.94837°

Altitude

798.091 km

Speed

7.461 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 52m 16s

Apparent Declination

4° 07' 24"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:38:59

Azimuth

16.493° NNE

Elevation

-44.67°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

802.06 km

Perigee altitude

785.951 km

Semi-major axis

7,172.143 km

Eccentricity

0.00112

Inclination

98.9626°

RAAN

188.9341°

Arg. of periapsis

85.2736°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

274.9727°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.5733 °/min

Orbital period

100.75 mins

BSTAR

0.00012199

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HEAD-1 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.
10 mins	2025-07-04 12:50:58.130Z	22.729° NE	2025-07-04 12:55:58.130Z	98.086° ESE	39.691°	2025-07-04 13:00:58.130Z	179.209° S
5 mins	2025-07-04 14:32:58.130Z	327.082° NNW	2025-07-04 14:34:58.130Z	300.12° NW	17.478°	2025-07-04 14:37:58.130Z	261.07° W
8 mins	2025-07-05 00:10:58.130Z	161.216° S	2025-07-05 00:13:58.130Z	125.341° SE	44.644°	2025-07-05 00:18:58.130Z	347.673° N

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