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ASRTU-1 (AO-123)

NORAD 61781· COSPAR 2024-199AY· Active satellite· Amateur Radio· SSO
Launch
Launched on Nov 4, 2024 from Cosmodrome Site 1S, Russia aboard a Soyuz 2.1b Fregat-M.
Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 07:21 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 4, 2024
Mass
—
Apogee
466 km
Perigee
449 km
Inclination
97.28°
Period
1.56 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for ASRTU-1 (AO-123) across 148 days of archived orbital elements (149 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Decaying
Change
-6.0 km
Rate
-0.04 km/day
Now
450 × 466 km
462474450May 29Oct 24
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

46 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2024-199 (Soyuz 2.1b/Fregat-M | Ionosfera-M 1 & 2).

…and 22 more from this launch.

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