Key statistics
Satellite QIANFAN-3 at a glance.
Uptime
332
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
89.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for QIANFAN-3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: QIANFAN-3
International designator: 2024-140C
Object number (NORAD): 60381
Object ID (CCSDS): 60381
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.591 minutes
Inclination: 88.9812 deg
SMA: 7446.889 km
Apoapsis: 1077.79 km
Periapsis: 1059.718 km
RAAN: 315.9935 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012134
Argument of periapsis: 312.107 deg
Mean anomaly: 47.9048 deg
Mean motion: 13.5095371 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000094 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012763 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 4, 2025, 3:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 3, 2025, 9:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 QIANFAN-3
TLE line 1: 1 60381U 24140C 25184.89752968 .00000094 00000-0 12763-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 60381 88.9812 315.9935 0012134 312.1070 47.9048 13.50953710 45461
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite QIANFAN-3.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
18 Low Earth Orbit communication satellites with Ku, Q and V band payloads for the G60 constellation operated by Shanghai Spacecom Satellite Technology (SSST) with funding backed by the Shanghai local government. Initial constellation will consist of 1296 satellites by 2027 with long term plans to expand it to 12000 satellites.
QIANFAN-3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 6A | G60 Polar Group 01’, on board a Long March 6A space rocket.
The launch took place on Aug. 6, 2024, 6:42 a.m. from Launch Complex 9A.
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Long March 6A | G60 Polar Group 01
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Aug. 6, 2024, 6:42 a.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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