TIANHUI 5B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TIANHUI 5B at a glance.

Uptime

677

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: 97.8209 deg

SMA: 6983.654 km

Apoapsis: 606.643 km

Periapsis: 604.394 km

RAAN: 255.2873 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00016102

Argument of periapsis: 94.9195 deg

Mean anomaly: 265.2205 deg

Mean motion: 14.8757452 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00000803 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000094355707 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 7:35 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5B

TLE line 1: 1 58201U 23168C 25248.81651533 .00000803 00000-0 94356-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 58201 97.8209 255.2873 0001610 94.9195 265.2205 14.87574520100321

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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