Key statistics
Satellite TIANHUI 5A at a glance.
Uptime
613
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIANHUI 5A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANHUI 5A
International designator: 2023-168A
Object number (NORAD): 58199
Object ID (CCSDS): 58199
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.801 minutes
Inclination: 97.8206 deg
SMA: 6983.618 km
Apoapsis: 606.558 km
Periapsis: 604.409 km
RAAN: 191.2258 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001538
Argument of periapsis: 90.7482 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.391 deg
Mean motion: 14.8758573 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000362 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000045808 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 3, 2025, 3:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 2, 2025, 8:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5A
TLE line 1: 1 58199U 23168A 25183.83889719 .00000362 00000-0 45808-4 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 58199 97.8206 191.2258 0001538 90.7482 269.3910 14.87585730 90660
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANHUI 5A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A pair of satellites officially described as for cartographic surveying purposes, details TBD.
TIANHUI 5A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Tianhui 5’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on Oct. 31, 2023, 10:50 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Tianhui 5
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Oct. 31, 2023, 10:50 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 6A
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9A
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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