QIANFAN-226
Launch
Launched on Jul 5, 2026 from Commercial LC-1, China aboard a Long March 8A.
Long March 8A | SpaceSail Polar Group #14 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:52 UTC
Orbit class
LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)
Operator
Shanghai Spacecom
Country
China
Manufacturer
Innovation Academy for Microsatellites
Launched
Jul 5, 2026
Mass
—
Apogee
1,087 km
Perigee
1,028 km
Inclination
89.01°
Period
1.77 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for QIANFAN-226 across 57 days of archived orbital elements (38 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+250.8 km
Rate
+4.43 km/day
Now
1028 × 1087 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
20 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2026-155 (Long March 8A | SpaceSail Polar Group #14).
- QIANFAN-219 · 69848
- QIANFAN-220 · 69849
- QIANFAN-221 · 69850
- QIANFAN-222 · 69851
- QIANFAN-223 · 69852
- QIANFAN-224 · 69853
- QIANFAN-225 · 69854
- QIANFAN-227 · 69856
- QIANFAN-228 · 69857
- QIANFAN-229 · 69858
- QIANFAN-230 · 69859
- QIANFAN-231 · 69860
- QIANFAN-232 · 69861
- QIANFAN-233 · 69862
- QIANFAN-234 · 69863
- QIANFAN-235 · 69864
- QIANFAN-236 · 69865
- QIANFAN-237 · 69866
- QIANFAN-238 · 69867
- CZ-8A R/B · 69868
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