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Satellite · NORAD 69972 · COSPAR 2026-158A

CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26)

ActivePayloadLEOUnknown derived
  • Operator People's Republic of China
  • Constellation —
  • Country China

Altitude now

816.8km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.44km/s

Inclination

49.98°

Period

101.0 min

101.0 min

Perigee

804km

Apogee

812km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 09:33 UTC (10.0 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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.

Ground track of CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26)CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26)
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Latitude
19.599° S
Longitude
91.861° E
Altitude
816.8 km
Velocity
7.443 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 09:33 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Unknown
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • CHUANG XIN 26 (CX-26)Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
10 Jul 2026
COSPAR launch id
2026-158
Launch site
Wenchang Space Launch Site, Hainan

Objects from the same launch · 2

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → CNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → PRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 8 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 8 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All 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
69972
COSPAR / international designator
2026-158A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SZVBDV7YSNFMF80NQWX
Canonical slug
chuang-xin-26-cx-26-69972

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.