Key statistics
Satellite QIANFAN-76 at a glance.
Uptime
118
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
89.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for QIANFAN-76.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: QIANFAN-76
International designator: 2025-046D
Object number (NORAD): 63162
Object ID (CCSDS): 63162
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.591 minutes
Inclination: 88.9835 deg
SMA: 7446.873 km
Apoapsis: 1077.941 km
Periapsis: 1059.535 km
RAAN: 336.5162 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012358
Argument of periapsis: 220.7465 deg
Mean anomaly: 139.2763 deg
Mean motion: 13.50958071 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000126 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00017629 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 1:18 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 QIANFAN-76
TLE line 1: 1 63162U 25046D 25187.55472206 .00000126 00000-0 17629-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 63162 88.9835 336.5162 0012358 220.7465 139.2763 13.50958071 25863
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite QIANFAN-76.
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-76 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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