ZHONGXING-3A

NORAD 60179 · 2024-122A

PAYLOAD ACTIVE UNKNOWN

§ Identity

Operator: —
Country: PRC
Launch date: 2024-06-29
Launch site: WSC
Launch vehicle: —
Mass (kg): —
RCS (m²): —

Purposes: comms

External: N2YO · Heavens-Above · Gunter

§ Orbital elements

Epoch: 2026-05-25T02:42:21.686400Z

Period: 1,436.10 min
Inclination: 0.0423°
Eccentricity: 0.0001340
Mean motion: 1.00271518 rev/d
Perigee alt: 35,781.0 km
Apogee alt: 35,792.3 km
Semi-major: 42,164.8 km
B*: 0.0000e+0
RAAN: 114.1634°
Arg perigee: 322.5169°
Mean anomaly: 308.2149°
Rev number: 707

§ Raw data

ZHONGXING-3A1 60179U 24122A   26145.11275100 -.00000316  00000+0  00000+0 0  99982 60179   0.0423 114.1634 0001340 322.5169 308.2149  1.00271518  7076

JSON: /api/v1/satellites/60179 · /tle

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