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SHIYAN 27F, 63604

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SHIYAN 27F, 63604 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.

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Identifier

63604, 2025-078F

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

9 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 (1 week 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

RCS unknown

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TLE from 9 hours ago

0 SHIYAN 27F
1 63604U 25078F   25115.94934448  .00000119  00000-0  19405-3 0  9993
2 63604  99.6919 124.3983 0009032 203.4543 156.6191 13.67948050   933

Epoch: 2025-04-25T22:47Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-04-25T22:47:03.363Z)

Latitude

0.00005°

Longitude

-71.56481°

Altitude

1,015.882 km

Speed

7.341 km/s

True Right ascension

08h 17m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

42.43851°

Longitude

-80.12661°

Altitude

1,019.319 km

Speed

7.343 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

05h 32m 27s

Apparent Declination

6° 01' 51"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

15:04:04

Azimuth

314.503° NW

Elevation

-32.748°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

1,010.892 km

Perigee altitude

997.556 km

Semi-major axis

7,382.361 km

Eccentricity

0.0009032

Inclination

99.6919°

RAAN

124.3983°

Arg. of periapsis

203.4543°

True anomaly

156.66013°

Mean anomaly

156.6191°

Eccentric anomaly

156.63962°

Mean motion

3.42177 °/min

BSTAR

0.00019405

Orbital period

105.21 mins

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SHIYAN 27F 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.
11 mins	2025-04-26 13:25:16.038Z	16.351° NNE	2025-04-26 13:30:16.038Z	59.169° ENE	44.776°	2025-04-26 13:36:16.038Z	194.132° SSW
5 mins	2025-04-26 15:11:16.038Z	326.226° NNW	2025-04-26 15:13:16.038Z	304.83° NW	15.585°	2025-04-26 15:16:16.038Z	273.379° WNW
9 mins	2025-04-26 23:30:16.038Z	121.437° SE	2025-04-26 23:34:16.038Z	69.661° E	30.006°	2025-04-26 23:39:16.038Z	6.133° NNE
9 mins	2025-04-27 01:14:16.038Z	205.79° SW	2025-04-27 01:18:16.038Z	263.893° W	31.091°	2025-04-27 01:23:16.038Z	325.39° NNW

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