Key statistics
Satellite TAURUS-1 at a glance.
Uptime
2066
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
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 TAURUS-1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TAURUS-1
International designator: 2019-059C
Object number (NORAD): 44530
Object ID (CCSDS): 44530
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.264 minutes
Inclination: 98.6028 deg
SMA: 7053.791 km
Apoapsis: 683.295 km
Periapsis: 668.018 km
RAAN: 266.8193 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010829
Argument of periapsis: 134.3695 deg
Mean anomaly: 225.8396 deg
Mean motion: 14.65442709 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00008685 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0016116 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 9, 2025, 2:46 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 8, 2025, 9:54 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TAURUS-1
TLE line 1: 1 44530U 19059C 25128.91289184 .00008685 00000-0 16116-2 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 44530 98.6028 266.8193 0010829 134.3695 225.8396 14.65442709299307
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TAURUS-1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
TAURUS-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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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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