Zheda Pixing 1A

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/37166

  • ZHEDA PIXING 1B
  • NORAD 37166
  • 2010-047B
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Zheda Pixing 1A is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Philippine Sea

Orbit ends over Myanmar

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Zheda Pixing 1A 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 Zheda Pixing 1A, 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

Summary

Over the Philippine Sea LIVE

Where is Zheda Pixing 1A?

At 8:18:20 PM UTC Zheda Pixing 1A was over the Philippine Sea (15.3° N, 121.9° E), 582 km up, moving at 7.58 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Zheda Pixing 1A?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Sep 22, 2010.

Can I see Zheda Pixing 1A?

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

General

Operator
Zhejiang University
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Zhejiang University
Launched
Mass
2.5 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, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
8:18 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
8:18 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
15.3° N, 121.9° E
Altitude
582 km
Speed
7.58 km/s (27,281 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
98°
Orbital period
96.5 minutes
Orbits per day
14.92
This orbit
576 to 603 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 1,730 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 6:41 AM, 13 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 6:41 AM, 13 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Zheda Pixing 1A, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Zheda Pixing 1A has been reported publicly in the past thirty 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

Zheda Pixing 1A shares its launch, 2010-047, with 4 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
YAOGAN 11Earth-watching satellite
ZHEDA PIXING 1CSatellite
YAOGAN 11 DEBDebris
YAOGAN 11 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.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 6:41 AM, 13 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "ZHEDA PIXING 1B",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2010-047B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T06:41:28.012416",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.91610599,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00193845,
  "INCLINATION": 97.9658,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 291.7325,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 161.3488,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 198.8444,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 37166,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 87189,
  "BSTAR": 0.00016490057,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001602,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}