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SHIYAN 27C, 63601

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27C, 63601 is a payload satellite owned by CAST (CN) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 18 Apr 2025 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 6A 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.

SHIYAN 27C will be above the set Earth location in 8 hours

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Identifier

63601, 2025-078C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) (CN / PRC)

Manufacturer

CAST

Mission

Operational spacecraft

Bus & Motor

SW27, Unknown motor

Mass

300 kg wet, ~300 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2025-04-18 (3 weeks ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 6A

Launch site

Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Unknown

Radar Cross Section

Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SHIYAN 27C
1 63601U 25078C   25128.96585666  .00000049  00000-0  13059-3 0  9991
2 63601  99.6924 137.2981 0000952  89.4080 270.7167 13.57198599  2709

Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:10Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T23:10:50.015Z)

Latitude

-0.00006°

Longitude

-77.43906°

Altitude

1,048.677 km

Speed

7.328 km/s

True Right ascension

09h 09m 11s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

12.00202°

Longitude

-79.28904°

Altitude

1,047.767 km

Speed

7.329 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 13m 42s

Apparent Declination

-22° 57' 04"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

12:41:23

Azimuth

256.003° W

Elevation

-19.593°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,043.888 km

Perigee altitude

1,042.475 km

Semi-major axis

7,421.319 km

Eccentricity

0.0000952

Inclination

99.6924°

RAAN

137.2981°

Arg. of periapsis

89.408°

True anomaly

270.70579°

Mean anomaly

270.7167°

Eccentric anomaly

270.71125°

Mean motion

3.39486 °/min

BSTAR

0.00013059

Orbital period

106.04 mins

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SHIYAN 27C 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	2025-05-09 12:11:52.184Z	50.797° ENE	2025-05-09 12:15:52.184Z	95.288° ESE	20.921°	2025-05-09 12:19:52.184Z	138.255° SSE
11 mins	2025-05-09 13:55:52.184Z	3.194° NNE	2025-05-09 14:00:52.184Z	282.51° WNW	40.274°	2025-05-09 14:06:52.184Z	213.192° SW
10 mins	2025-05-10 00:04:52.184Z	147.362° SSE	2025-05-10 00:08:52.184Z	92.377° ESE	41.926°	2025-05-10 00:14:52.184Z	352.375° N
6 mins	2025-05-10 01:51:52.184Z	239.54° WSW	2025-05-10 01:53:52.184Z	261.911° W	18.518°	2025-05-10 01:57:52.184Z	305.266° NW

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