Satellites/QIANFAN 17 OBJECT S

QIANFAN 17 OBJECT S

Satellite · ChinaActive

NORAD Number

101280

COSPAR ID

2026-248S

Launched

2026-11-03

site code JSC

Orbit

LEO

Constellation

Qianfan (Thousand Sails)

Who

Owner / operatorPRC

Manufacturer—

CountryChina

Catalogue owner codePRC

Orbit

OrbitingEarth

Orbit classLEO

Perigee796 km

Apogee804 km

Inclination88.99°

Period100.9 min

Radar cross-section—

Latest Orbital Elements

Epoch (UTC)2026-11-09 13:50:53

Mean motion14.27453343 rev/day

Eccentricity0.000556

Inclination88.989°

Right ascension of node327.017°

Argument of perigee305.4295°

Mean anomaly54.638°

B* drag term4.2832e-5

Element set999

Revolutions at epoch93

Mean elements (OMM) for the SGP4 model, refreshed every 6 hours. They describe the orbit at the epoch shown and drift as time passes, fastest for low orbits.

Source: CelesTrak satellite catalogue and GP data (celestrak.org); owner and manufacturer from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).