Satellite · NORAD 44311 · COSPAR 2019-032B
BUFENG 1B
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
479.2km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.63km/s
Inclination
44.97°
Period
94.2 min
94.2 min
Perigee
461km
Apogee
495km
orbit freshOrbit updated 13 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:07 UTC (11.0 h old)· Metadata updated 13 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 10.190° N
- Longitude
- 42.248° W
- Altitude
- 479.2 km
- Velocity
- 7.628 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:07 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 05 Jun 2019
- COSPAR launch id
- 2019-032
- Launch site
- Yellow Sea Launch Area (sea launch)
Objects from the same launch · 15
- CZ-11 DEB44318DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44319DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44320DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44325DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44326DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44327DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44328DebrisDecayed
- CZ-11 DEB44492DebrisDecayed
- BUFENG 1A44310PayloadActive
- JILIN-1 GAOFEN 3A44312PayloadActive
- XIAOXIANG 444313PayloadDecayed
- TIANQI-344314PayloadActive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → CN | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → PRC | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 11 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 13 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 44311
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2019-032B
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SX0V594GM8XW5ZB1SDS
- Canonical slug
- bufeng-1b-44311
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.