TIANHUI 5B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TIANHUI 5B at a glance.

Uptime

775

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 5B.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: TIANHUI 5B

International designator: 2023-168C

Object number (NORAD): 58201

Object ID (CCSDS): 58201

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.802 minutes

Inclination: 97.8207 deg

SMA: 6983.642 km

Apoapsis: 606.882 km

Periapsis: 604.132 km

RAAN: 352.6708 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00019691

Argument of periapsis: 93.0168 deg

Mean anomaly: 267.1274 deg

Mean motion: 14.87578331 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000917 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00010691847 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:04 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5B

TLE line 1: 1 58201U 23168C 25347.62815576 .00000917 00000-0 10692-3 0 9995

TLE line 2: 2 58201 97.8207 352.6708 0001969 93.0168 267.1274 14.87578331115018

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite TIANHUI 5B.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

A pair of satellites officially described as for cartographic surveying purposes, details TBD.

TIANHUI 5B 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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Launch to space Long March 6A | Tianhui 5
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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