GUANGCHUAN 02, 62112
Orbit data source: Space-Track
GUANGCHUAN 02, 62112 is a payload satellite owned by Hongqing Keji (CN) in LEO that was launched on Wed, 27 Nov 2024 UTC via a ZHUQUE-2E 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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Edit Public Description
Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
CAST?
Mission
Operational Commercial Communications
Bus & Motor
HQ, Unknown motor
Mass
~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 3.0 m
Radar Cross Section
4.560 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 14 hours ago
TLE from 14 hours ago
0 GUANGCHUAN 02
1 62112U 24221B 25340.54897126 .00007846 00000-0 42093-3 0 9995
2 62112 49.9445 20.9362 0007628 290.6285 69.3848 15.15751749 56965Epoch: 2025-12-06T13:10Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-12-06T13:10:31.116Z)
Latitude
-0.00001°
Longitude
107.73142°
Altitude
517.394 km
Speed
7.607 km/s
True Right ascension
01h 23m 44s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
01:33:44
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
524.737 km
Perigee altitude
514.214 km
Semi-major axis
6,897.612 km
Eccentricity
0.00076
Inclination
49.9445°
RAAN
20.9362°
Arg. of periapsis
290.6285°
True anomaly
69.46664°
Mean anomaly
69.3848°
Eccentric anomaly
69.42572°
Mean motion
3.78874 °/min
Orbital period
95.02 mins
BSTAR
0.00042093
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Other satellites on launch #221 in the year 2024 (2024-11-27 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.GUANGCHUAN 02 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. |
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| 6 mins | 2025-12-07 05:09:33.250Z | 199.994° SSW | 2025-12-07 05:12:33.250Z | 144.684° SSE | 28.957° | 2025-12-07 05:15:33.250Z | 77.705° E |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-07 06:49:33.250Z | 271.668° WNW | 2025-12-07 06:51:33.250Z | 319.159° NNW | 33.434° | 2025-12-07 06:55:33.250Z | 45.914° ENE |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-07 08:30:33.250Z | 328.599° NNW | 2025-12-07 08:31:33.250Z | 348.363° N | 18.638° | 2025-12-07 08:34:33.250Z | 39.937° NE |
| 4 mins | 2025-12-07 10:10:33.250Z | 342.958° N | 2025-12-07 10:11:33.250Z | 4.27° NNE | 21.582° | 2025-12-07 10:14:33.250Z | 62.808° ENE |
| 6 mins | 2025-12-07 11:49:33.250Z | 310.388° NW | 2025-12-07 11:51:33.250Z | 21.721° NNE | 44.209° | 2025-12-07 11:55:33.250Z | 119.707° SE |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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