Key statistics
Satellite TIANHUI 5D at a glance.
Uptime
488
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: 96.801 minutes
Inclination: 97.8194 deg
SMA: 6983.604 km
Apoapsis: 606.92 km
Periapsis: 604.017 km
RAAN: 313.4361 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0002078
Argument of periapsis: 91.0944 deg
Mean anomaly: 269.051 deg
Mean motion: 14.87590462 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.000006 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000072023 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Nov. 3, 2025, 11:26 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Nov. 3, 2025, 3:05 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANHUI 5D
TLE line 1: 1 60212U 24126B 25307.62865252 .00000600 00000-0 72023-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 60212 97.8194 313.4361 0002078 91.0944 269.0510 14.87590462 72363
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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