Key statistics
Satellite QIANFAN-78 at a glance.
Uptime
179
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-78.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: QIANFAN-78
International designator: 2025-046F
Object number (NORAD): 63164
Object ID (CCSDS): 63164
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 106.59 minutes
Inclination: 88.9854 deg
SMA: 7446.823 km
Apoapsis: 1080.887 km
Periapsis: 1056.488 km
RAAN: 330.0891 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00163823
Argument of periapsis: 59.4241 deg
Mean anomaly: 300.8524 deg
Mean motion: 13.5097164 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000223 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00032689075 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 6, 2025, 2:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 5, 2025, 10:08 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 QIANFAN-78
TLE line 1: 1 63164U 25046F 25248.92222246 .00000223 00000-0 32689-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 63164 88.9854 330.0891 0016382 59.4241 300.8524 13.50971640 34222
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite QIANFAN-78.
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-78 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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