Key statistics
Satellite TIANHUI 5C at a glance.
Uptime
312
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 5C.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANHUI 5C
International designator: 2024-126A
Object number (NORAD): 60211
Object ID (CCSDS): 60211
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.801 minutes
Inclination: 97.8208 deg
SMA: 6983.608 km
Apoapsis: 606.61 km
Periapsis: 604.335 km
RAAN: 139.776 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001629
Argument of periapsis: 94.1952 deg
Mean anomaly: 265.945 deg
Mean motion: 14.87589228 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000562 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000067773 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 10:46 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 11, 2025, 11:06 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5C
TLE line 1: 1 60211U 24126A 25131.46268849 .00000562 00000-0 67773-4 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 60211 97.8208 139.7760 0001629 94.1952 265.9450 14.87589228 46169
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANHUI 5C.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for TIANHUI 5C, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
A pair of satellites officially described as for cartographic surveying purposes, details TBD.
TIANHUI 5C was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | Tianhui 5 Group 02’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on July 4, 2024, 10:49 p.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | Tianhui 5 Group 02
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 4, 2024, 10:49 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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