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Satellite · NORAD 58555 · COSPAR 2023-193C

HONGHU 2

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

Altitude now

472.4km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.63km/s

Inclination

97.28°

Period

93.8 min

93.8 min

Perigee

433km

Apogee

489km

orbit freshOrbit updated 3 h ago · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 04:22 UTC (5.0 h old)· Metadata updated 3 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 HONGHU 2HONGHU 2
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Latitude
61.457° N
Longitude
100.465° E
Altitude
472.4 km
Velocity
7.635 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 12 Sept 2026 04:22 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

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

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • HONGHU 2Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
08 Dec 2023
COSPAR launch id
2023-193

Objects from the same launch · 3

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country CodeCNCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner CodePRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit ClassLEOCelestrak11 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 3 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 17 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 ElementsCelesTrak12 Sept 2026 09:09 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
58555
COSPAR / international designator
2023-193C
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SXVAMEQCVS0MXGWCF8D
Canonical slug
honghu-2-58555

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.