Key statistics
Satellite TIANHUI 5D at a glance.
Uptime
432
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIANHUI 5D.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANHUI 5D
International designator: 2024-126B
Object number (NORAD): 60212
Object ID (CCSDS): 60212
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.802 minutes
Inclination: 97.8178 deg
SMA: 6983.653 km
Apoapsis: 606.929 km
Periapsis: 604.107 km
RAAN: 257.1509 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00020208
Argument of periapsis: 92.1404 deg
Mean anomaly: 268.0043 deg
Mean motion: 14.87574765 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000713 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000084480673 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, 12:30 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5D
TLE line 1: 1 60212U 24126B 25250.52104845 .00000713 00000-0 84481-4 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 60212 97.8178 257.1509 0002021 92.1404 268.0043 14.87574765 63878
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANHUI 5D.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for TIANHUI 5D, 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 5D 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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