Key statistics
Satellite QIANFAN-73 at a glance.
Uptime
118
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-73.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: QIANFAN-73
International designator: 2025-046A
Object number (NORAD): 63159
Object ID (CCSDS): 63159
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.591 minutes
Inclination: 88.9834 deg
SMA: 7446.89 km
Apoapsis: 1079.011 km
Periapsis: 1058.498 km
RAAN: 336.3811 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0013773
Argument of periapsis: 216.5009 deg
Mean anomaly: 143.5204 deg
Mean motion: 13.50953402 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000009 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012145 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 11:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:12 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 QIANFAN-73
TLE line 1: 1 63159U 25046A 25187.88400948 .00000090 00000-0 12145-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 63159 88.9834 336.3811 0013773 216.5009 143.5204 13.50953402 25968
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite QIANFAN-73.
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. First launch from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site's LC-1.
QIANFAN-73 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 8 | G60 Polar Group 05’, on board a Long March 8 space rocket.
The launch took place on March 11, 2025, 4:38 p.m. from Commercial LC-1.
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Long March 8 | G60 Polar Group 05
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 11, 2025, 4:38 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 8
Launch pad: Commercial LC-1
Location: Wenchang Space Launch Site, People's Republic of China
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