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ZHANGHENG 1, 43194

Orbit data source: Space-Track

ZHANGHENG 1, 43194 is a payload satellite owned by CAS (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 02 Feb 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). 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

43194, 2018-015C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

7 hours ago

Origin

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Science

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, AOCS

Mass

730 kg wet, ~700 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-02-02 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4 m

Radar Cross Section

2.715 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 ZHANGHENG 1
1 43194U 18015C   25182.84274444  .00007927  00000-0  36426-3 0  9990
2 43194  97.6517 337.3203 0015092  79.5485 280.7449 15.20557021411394

Epoch: 2025-07-01T20:13Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-01T20:13:33.119Z)

Latitude

-0.00009°

Longitude

113.79993°

Altitude

505.322 km

Speed

7.613 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 29m 16s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

60.41733°

Longitude

100.46577°

Altitude

504.55 km

Speed

7.623 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

00h 33m 25s

Apparent Declination

15° 43' 52"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:29:47

Azimuth

32.044° NE

Elevation

-28.109°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

511.517 km

Perigee altitude

490.753 km

Semi-major axis

6,879.272 km

Eccentricity

0.00151

Inclination

97.6517°

RAAN

337.3203°

Arg. of periapsis

79.5485°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

280.7449°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.8039 °/min

Orbital period

94.64 mins

BSTAR

0.00036426

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Other satellites on launch #15 in the year 2018 (2018-02-02 UTC)

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GOMX4-B, 43196 (Decayed)

GOMX4-A, 43197 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 43198 (Decayed)

SHAONIAN XING, 43199 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 43200 (Decayed)

NUSAT 5, 43204 (Decayed)

CZ-2D DEB, 44615 (Decayed)

ZHANGHENG 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.
6 mins	2025-07-02 10:33:39.329Z	180.295° SSW	2025-07-02 10:36:39.329Z	243.214° WSW	40.07°	2025-07-02 10:39:39.329Z	336.773° NNW
5 mins	2025-07-02 23:38:39.329Z	346.652° N	2025-07-02 23:40:39.329Z	294.049° NW	32.299°	2025-07-02 23:43:39.329Z	220.837° SW

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