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PRSS 1, 43530

Orbit data source: Space-Track

PRSS 1, 43530 is a payload satellite owned by SUPARCO (PK) in SSO that was launched on Mon, 09 Jul 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C 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

43530, 2018-056B

Orbit

SSO

Country

Unknown / PAKI

Related business

Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (PK)

Manufacturer

DFH

Mission

Operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

CAST-2000, Unknown motor

Mass

~800 kg wet, ~800 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-07-09 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 4.3 m

Radar Cross Section

14.475 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 8 hours ago

TLE from 8 hours ago

0 PRSS 1
1 43530U 18056B   25291.97396500  .00001761  00000-0  23172-3 0  9996
2 43530  97.8133   1.2132 0001691  90.5844 269.5563 14.81392566392717

Epoch: 2025-10-18T23:22Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-18T23:22:30.576Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

-17.11148°

Altitude

627.967 km

Speed

7.545 km/s

True Right ascension

00h 04m 51s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

02:11:30

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

623.151 km

Perigee altitude

620.783 km

Semi-major axis

7,000.104 km

Eccentricity

0.00017

Inclination

97.8133°

RAAN

1.2132°

Arg. of periapsis

90.5844°

True anomaly

269.53692°

Mean anomaly

269.5563°

Eccentric anomaly

269.54661°

Mean motion

3.70584 °/min

Orbital period

97.14 mins

BSTAR

0.00023172

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Other satellites on launch #56 in the year 2018 (2018-07-09 UTC)

CZ-2C DEB, 43534

CZ-2C DEB, 43536 (Decayed)

PAKTES 1A, 43529

CZ-2C DEB, 43535 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43531 (Decayed)

CZ-2C R/B, 43532 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43533 (Decayed)

CZ-2C DEB, 43555 (Decayed)

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PRSS 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.
8 mins	2025-10-19 17:45:52.658Z	7.574° NNE	2025-10-19 17:49:52.658Z	299.034° NW	43.331°	2025-10-19 17:53:52.658Z	201.77° SSW
6 mins	2025-10-20 04:41:52.658Z	161.029° S	2025-10-20 04:43:52.658Z	134.468° SE	43.92°	2025-10-20 04:47:52.658Z	349.982° N

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PRSS 1, 43530

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 8 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-18T23:22:30.576Z)

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Other satellites on launch #56 in the year 2018 (2018-07-09 UTC)

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