GUANGCHUAN 01

NORAD 62111· COSPAR 2024-221A· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on Nov 27, 2024 from Launch Area 96A, China aboard a Zhuque-2E.

Zhuque-2E | Guangchuan-01 & 02 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:12 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Nov 27, 2024

Mass

—

Apogee

536 km

Perigee

526 km

Inclination

49.94°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for GUANGCHUAN 01 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+2.2 km

Rate

+0.16 km/day

Now

526 × 536 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 2024-221 (Zhuque-2E | Guangchuan-01 & 02).

GUANGCHUAN 02 · 62112

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