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Satellite · NORAD 61558 · COSPAR 2024-185G

QIANFAN-25

ActivePayloadLEOCommunications derived

Altitude now

884.1km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.41km/s

Inclination

88.98°

Period

102.4 min

102.4 min

Perigee

864km

Apogee

881km

orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:49 UTC (8.5 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 QIANFAN-25QIANFAN-25
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Latitude
0.488° N
Longitude
80.781° E
Altitude
884.1 km
Velocity
7.406 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 13:49 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Partially operational [P]
Radar cross-section
Constellation membership derived
Qianfan (Thousand Sails / SpaceSail) via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • QIANFAN-25Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

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

Launch

Launch

Launch page
Launch date
15 Oct 2024
COSPAR launch id
2024-185

Objects from the same launch · 18

All objects from launch 2024-185

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
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 6 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 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

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
61558
COSPAR / international designator
2024-185G
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SY451W5JJKWFQW43WB4
Canonical slug
qianfan-25-61558

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.