BNU-1

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite BNU-1 at a glance.

Uptime

2123

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.5

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.6

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for BNU-1.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: BNU-1

International designator: 2019-059B

Object number (NORAD): 44529

Object ID (CCSDS): 44529

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 99.459 minutes

Inclination: 98.568 deg

SMA: 7110.892 km

Apoapsis: 741.886 km

Periapsis: 723.628 km

RAAN: 304.4368 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0012838

Argument of periapsis: 350.0935 deg

Mean anomaly: 10.0003 deg

Mean motion: 14.47826922 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000408 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0001226 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 4, 2025, 10:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 4, 2025, 7:33 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 BNU-1

TLE line 1: 1 44529U 19059B 25185.81463027 .00000408 00000-0 12260-3 0 9996

TLE line 2: 2 44529 98.5680 304.4368 0012838 350.0935 10.0003 14.47826922306713

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite BNU-1.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

BNU-1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4B | Ziyuan-2D, Tianyi MV-1, BNU-1’, on board a Long March 4B space rocket.

The launch took place on Sept. 12, 2019, 3:26 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.

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Launch to space Long March 4B | Ziyuan-2D, Tianyi MV-1, BNU-1
Long March 4B | Ziyuan-2D, Tianyi MV-1, BNU-1

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Sept. 12, 2019, 3:26 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 4B

Launch pad: Launch Complex 9

Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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