Chuangxin-1 01 xing

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/28058

  • Communications satellite
  • CHUANG XIN 1 (CZ-1)
  • NORAD 28058
  • 2003-049B
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Chuangxin-1 01 xing is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Laptev Sea

Orbit ends over Russia

Sunlit since

Enters the Earth’s shadow

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Chuangxin-1 01 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 Chuangxin-1 01 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 reaches you from it reaches a dish or an antenna, not an eye.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

  2. Close approach

    On Tuesday, Oct 13 at 1:53 PM UTC, a fragment of SL-8 (NORAD 25563) was to pass within 355 m of Chuang XIN 1 (CZ-1) (NORAD 28058). The chance was about 1 in 2,000.

  3. Close approach

    On Wednesday, Nov 4 at 10:40 PM UTC, a fragment of Fengyun 1C (NORAD 30169) was to pass within 504 m of Chuang XIN 1 (CZ-1) (NORAD 28058). The chance was about 1 in 9,000.

Summary

Over the Pacific Ocean LIVE

Where is Chuangxin-1 01 xing?

At 5:35:34 PM UTC Chuangxin-1 01 xing was over the Pacific Ocean (46.3° S, 90.2° W), 756 km up, moving at 7.47 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Chuangxin-1 01 xing?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Oct 21, 2003.

Can I see Chuangxin-1 01 xing?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Chuangxin-1 01 xing, and nothing here estimates one; the dishes and receivers on the ground use its signals instead.

General

Operator
Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
88 kg
Operating
No: its regular operations have ended
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.

Latest orbital data

Position received
5:35 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
5:35 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
46.3° S, 90.2° W
Altitude
756 km
Speed
7.47 km/s (26,896 km/h)
Course
north
Light
In sunlight until 6:15 PM UTC
Inclination
98.5°
Orbital period
99.4 minutes
Orbits per day
14.49
This orbit
718 to 737 km
In shadow
35 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 2,040 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 4:32 AM, 13 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 4:32 AM, 13 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Chuangxin-1 01 xing, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
2 reported. No close approach to Chuangxin-1 01 xing is reported for the next three days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 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

Chuangxin-1 01 xing shares its launch, 2003-049, with 8 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
CBERS 2Earth-watching satellite
CZ-4B R/BRocket body
CZ-4 DEBDebris
CZ-4 DEBDebris
CZ-4 DEBDebris
CZ-4 DEBDebris
CZ-4 DEBDebris
CZ-4 DEBDebris

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
Chuangxin-1 01 xing718 to 737 km99 minutes88 kg2003
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 8, 2026, 4:32 AM, 13 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "CHUANG XIN 1 (CZ-1)",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2003-049B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T04:32:49.857216",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.48642385,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00136211,
  "INCLINATION": 98.4932,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 212.1771,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 104.1894,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 256.0813,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 28058,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 21712,
  "BSTAR": 0.000093654618,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000308,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}