QIANFAN-230

NORAD 69859· COSPAR 2026-155M· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

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 2026-09-09 01:06 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

1,075 km

Perigee

1,023 km

Inclination

89.01°

Period

1.77 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for QIANFAN-230 across 57 days of archived orbital elements (38 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Raising

Change

+215.4 km

Rate

+3.80 km/day

Now

1020 × 1068 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-226 · 69855
QIANFAN-227 · 69856
QIANFAN-228 · 69857
QIANFAN-229 · 69858
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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