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QZS-6, 62876

Orbit data source: Space-Track

QZS-6, 62876 is a Japanese payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Sun, 02 Feb 2025 UTC via a H3-22S launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center (TNSTA). 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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Identifier	62876, 2025-023A
Orbit	GEO
Last TLE update	7 hours ago
Origin	NUSS/JAXA (JP / JPN)
Manufacturer	MELCO
Mission	Operational spacecraft
Bus & Motor	QZSS, LAPS-500?
Mass	4,900 kg wet, ~2,000 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)	2025-02-02 (1 month ago)
Launch vehicle	H3-22S
Launch site	Tanegashima Space Center (TNSTA)
Object type	Payload Rocket body Debris
Shape & HBR	Unknown
Radar Cross Section	RCS unknown

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TLE from 7 hours ago

0 QZS-6
1 62876U 25023A   25070.90175713 -.00000248  00000-0  00000-0 0  9993
2 62876   0.0256  29.6749 0001600 317.7470 237.5518  1.00267681   324

Epoch: 2025-03-11T21:38Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-03-11T21:38:31.816Z)

Latitude	0.01087°
Longitude	90.56016°
Altitude	35,790.867 km
Speed	3.074 km/s
True Right ascension	14h 59m 57s
True Declination	0° 00' 39"
Sunlit	Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude	-0.00273°
Longitude	-167.07745°
Altitude	35,780.888 km
Speed	3.075 km/s
Apparent Right ascension	21h 42m 56s
Apparent Declination	-4° 57' 50"
Sunlit	Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time	08:46:40
Azimuth	336.384° NNW
Elevation	-52.818°
Doppler factor	1

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude	35,795.563 km
Perigee altitude	35,782.069 km
Semi-major axis	42,166.953 km
Eccentricity	0.00016
Inclination	0.0256°
RAAN	29.6749°
Arg. of periapsis	317.747°
True anomaly	237.53633°
Mean anomaly	237.5518°
Eccentric anomaly	237.54406°
Mean motion	0.25066 °/min
BSTAR	Unknown
Orbital period	1436.21 mins