Zhongbei Daxue 1

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/101293

  • OBJECT C
  • NORAD 101293
  • 2026-250C
  • Low Earth orbit

Summary

Over the Southern Ocean LIVE

Where is Zhongbei Daxue 1?

At on November 15, 2026, Zhongbei Daxue 1 was over the Southern Ocean (68.8° S, 83.7° W), 555 km up, moving at 7.59 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Zhongbei Daxue 1?

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

Can I see Zhongbei Daxue 1?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Zhongbei Daxue 1, and nothing here estimates one.

Latest orbital data

Position received
12:52 AM UTC
Station time (UTC)
12:52 AM UTC
Latitude / longitude
68.8° S, 83.7° W
Altitude
555 km
Speed
7.59 km/s (27,313 km/h)
Course
north-west
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
97.6°
Orbital period
95.4 minutes
Orbits per day
15.1
This orbit
526 to 543 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 1,680 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 14, 2026, 6:05 AM, 18 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 14, 2026, 6:05 AM, 18 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Zhongbei Daxue 1, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

General

Operator
North University of China
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Orienspace
Launched
Mass
10 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, 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 Zhongbei Daxue 1 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

Zhongbei Daxue 1 shares its launch, 2026-250, with 3 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
OBJECT AEarth-watching satellite
OBJECT BEarth-watching satellite
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.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 14, 2026, 6:05 AM, 18 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT C",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-250C",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-14T06:05:22.640928",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.09587928,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00126906,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6087,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 322.6899,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 266.1503,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 93.8275,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 101293,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 109,
  "BSTAR": 0.00019138309,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00003015,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Current orbit

Where Zhongbei Daxue 1 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 Zhongbei Daxue 1 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 Zhongbei Daxue 1, 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 to see with the naked eye from anywhere on Earth.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source