TIANHUI 5A

NORAD 58199· COSPAR 2023-168A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Oct 31, 2023 from Launch Complex 9A, China aboard a Long March 6A.

Long March 6A | Tianhui 5 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:37 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 31, 2023

Mass

—

Apogee

611 km

Perigee

609 km

Inclination

97.82°

Period

1.61 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for TIANHUI 5A across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

+0.0 km

Rate

+0.00 km/day

Now

609 × 611 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2023-168 (Long March 6A | Tianhui 5).

TIANHUI 5B · 58201

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