Key statistics
Satellite TIANHUI 5C at a glance.
Uptime
432
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: 96.802 minutes
Inclination: 97.8204 deg
SMA: 6983.653 km
Apoapsis: 606.621 km
Periapsis: 604.414 km
RAAN: 257.0813 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00015796
Argument of periapsis: 92.2536 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.8861 deg
Mean motion: 14.87574821 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000663 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000079022444 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 10:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5C
TLE line 1: 1 60211U 24126A 25250.45378209 .00000663 00000-0 79022-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 60211 97.8204 257.0813 0001580 92.2536 267.8861 14.87574821 63856
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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