Guanlan Shiyan Xing

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/101291

  • Earth-watching satellite
  • OBJECT A
  • NORAD 101291
  • 2026-250A
  • Low Earth orbit

Summary

Over the Southern Ocean LIVE

Where is Guanlan Shiyan Xing?

At on November 15, 2026, Guanlan Shiyan Xing was over the Southern Ocean (66.7° S, 58.3° E), 564 km up, moving at 7.58 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Guanlan Shiyan Xing?

A satellite that watches the Earth in low Earth orbit, in space since Nov 6, 2026.

Can I see Guanlan Shiyan Xing?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Guanlan Shiyan Xing, and nothing here estimates one; what people use is its pictures and measurements of the Earth.

Latest orbital data

Position received
12:52 AM UTC
Station time (UTC)
12:52 AM UTC
Latitude / longitude
66.7° S, 58.3° E
Altitude
564 km
Speed
7.58 km/s (27,288 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
97.6°
Orbital period
95.5 minutes
Orbits per day
15.08
This orbit
536 to 545 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 1,690 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 13, 2026, 2:19 PM, 1 day old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 13, 2026, 2:19 PM, 1 day old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Guanlan Shiyan Xing, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

General

Operator
Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
What it is
Earth-watching satellite
Launched
Mass
400 kg
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, what it is for, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Guanlan Shiyan Xing has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 14, 2026, 1:52 PM, 10 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Launched with

Guanlan Shiyan Xing shares its launch, 2026-250, with 3 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
OBJECT BEarth-watching satellite
OBJECT CSatellite
OBJECT DEarth-watching satellite

Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.

Beside the others

SatelliteTypical altitudeOrbital periodMassIn space since
Guanlan Shiyan Xing536 to 545 km95 minutes400 kg2026
PAZ507 to 510 km95 minutesabout 1.4 t2018
WorldView-3612 to 615 km97 minutesabout 2.8 t2014
SAOCOM 1A622 to 624 km97 minutesabout 3 t2018
ALOS-2630 to 632 km97 minutesabout 2.1 t2014
SMAP681 to 683 km98 minutes944 kg2015

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 13, 2026, 2:19 PM, 1 day old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT A",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-250A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-13T14:19:27.381216",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.07658672,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00063489,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6047,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 322.0209,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 268.9367,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 91.1134,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 101291,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 99,
  "BSTAR": 0.00010141904,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001483,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Current orbit

Where Guanlan Shiyan Xing is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Antarctica

Orbit ends over Antarctica

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Guanlan Shiyan Xing go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for Guanlan Shiyan Xing, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint for the naked eye. What it is up there for reaches the ground as pictures and measurements, not as a light in the sky.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source