Satellite · NORAD 43194 · COSPAR 2018-015C
ZHANGHENG 1-01 (CSES-1)
- Operator People's Republic of China
- Constellation —
- Country China
Altitude now
512.6km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.61km/s
Inclination
97.70°
Period
94.7 min
94.7 min
Perigee
495km
Apogee
514km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:14 UTC (7.7 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.
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- Latitude
- 44.500° S
- Longitude
- 109.874° E
- Altitude
- 512.6 km
- Velocity
- 7.611 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:14 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 02 Feb 2018
- COSPAR launch id
- 2018-015
- Launch site
- Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 10
- CZ-2D DEB43193DebrisDecayed
- CZ-2D DEB43198DebrisDecayed
- CZ-2D DEB43200DebrisDecayed
- CZ-2D DEB44615DebrisDecayed
- FENGMANIU-1 (FMN-1)43192PayloadDecayed
- NUSAT-4 (ADA)43195PayloadDecayed
- GOMX-4B43196PayloadDecayed
- GOMX-4A43197PayloadDecayed
- SHAONIAN XING43199PayloadDecayed
- NUSAT-5 (MARYAM)43204PayloadDecayed
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 6 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 8 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
- 43194
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2018-015C
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWZKGKWBJN3JDYP0RV6
- Canonical slug
- zhangheng-1-01-cses-1-43194
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.