KAITUO

NORAD 40904 · COSPAR 2015-049F · REENTRYâ ï¸ RIP

KAITUO 1A reentered Earth's atmosphere (approx. 1 year ago).

Orbit: #50765 @ 146 x 158 km x 97.4362 deg

CURRENT ORBIT DATA

TLE epoch 2024-11-12 15:45 UTC Â· 17109.7 h old

Orbit history

// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive

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Next visible passes

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Current TLE

// celestrak

KAITUO 1A
1 40904U 15049F 24317.65657307 .13430738 26457-5 35234-3 0 9990
2 40904 97.4362 343.2097 0009042 248.3714 111.6625 16.45176491507651

TLE data & history 🚀 Launch manifest

Spacecraft info

// UCS Satellite Database

Launch date

September 19th 2015

Spacecraft age

11 years, 1 months

Distance travelled

—

Expected lifetime

—

Operator

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)

Purpose

Technology Development

Orbit class

LEO Â· Sun-Synchronous

Launch site

Taiyuan Launch Center

Launch vehicle

Long March 6

Contractor

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. (CASC)

Launch mass

130 kg

Power

Orbit elements

// from current orbital elements

Inclination

97.4362Â°

Period

87.53 min

Perigee

146 km

Apogee

158 km

Eccentricity

0.0009042

RAAN

343.2097Â°

Arg of Perigee

248.3714Â°

Mean Motion

16.45176491 rev/d