WHDW 27-02

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/101321

  • Communications satellite
  • HULIANWANG DIGUI 233
  • NORAD 101321
  • 2026-253B
  • Low Earth orbit

Summary

Over the Indian Ocean LIVE

Where is WHDW 27-02?

At on November 14, 2026, WHDW 27-02 was over the Indian Ocean (19.8° S, 74.4° E), 921 km up, moving at 7.4 km/s and in sunlight.

What is WHDW 27-02?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Nov 8, 2026.

Can I see WHDW 27-02?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for WHDW 27-02, and nothing here estimates one; the dishes and receivers on the ground use its signals instead.

Latest orbital data

Position received
11:12 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
11:12 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
19.8° S, 74.4° E
Altitude
921 km
Speed
7.4 km/s (26,622 km/h)
Course
south-east
Light
In sunlight until 12:17 AM UTC
Inclination
50°
Orbital period
103.5 minutes
Orbits per day
13.92
This orbit
915 to 931 km
In shadow
34 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 2,290 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 14, 2026, 6:42 AM, 16 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 14, 2026, 6:42 AM, 16 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for WHDW 27-02, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

General

Operator
China Satellite Network Group Co. Ltd.
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
800 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 WHDW 27-02 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 14, 2026, 5:46 AM, 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

WHDW 27-02 shares its launch, 2026-253, with 9 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
HULIANWANG DIGUI 232Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 234Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 235Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 236Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 237Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 238Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 239Communications satellite
HULIANWANG DIGUI 240Communications satellite
CZ-12 R/BRocket body

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
WHDW 27-02915 to 931 km103 minutes800 kg2026
BlueWalker 3443 to 453 km94 minutesabout 1.5 t2022
Hispasat 30W-635,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 6.1 t2018
Amazonas Nexus35,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 4.1 t2023
ARSAT-135,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 3 t2014
Astra 1N35,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 5.3 t2011

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 14, 2026, 6:42 AM, 16 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "HULIANWANG DIGUI 233",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2026-253B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-14T06:42:17.244864",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 13.91830282,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00112518,
  "INCLINATION": 49.9997,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 281.6541,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 241.0734,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 118.9037,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 101321,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 77,
  "BSTAR": 0.00016784028,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 6.8e-7,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Current orbit

Where WHDW 27-02 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Indian Ocean

Orbit ends over the Indian Ocean

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches WHDW 27-02 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 WHDW 27-02, 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 reaches you from it reaches a dish or an antenna, not an eye.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source