Shi Jian 9A

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/38860

  • SJ-9A
  • NORAD 38860
  • 2012-056A
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Shi Jian 9A is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the United States of America

Orbit ends over the United States of America

In the Earth’s shadow since

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In view from you

Nobody watches Shi Jian 9A 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 Shi Jian 9A, 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 Pacific Ocean LIVE

Where is Shi Jian 9A?

At 9:51:05 AM UTC Shi Jian 9A was over the Pacific Ocean (13.8° N, 94.2° W), 597 km up, moving at 7.57 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is Shi Jian 9A?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Oct 14, 2012.

Can I see Shi Jian 9A?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Shi Jian 9A, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
China Resources Satellite Applications Center (CRESDA)
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
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, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
9:51 AM UTC
Station time (UTC)
9:51 AM UTC
Latitude / longitude
13.8° N, 94.2° W
Altitude
597 km
Speed
7.57 km/s (27,256 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 10:01 AM UTC
Inclination
97.7°
Orbital period
96.9 minutes
Orbits per day
14.86
This orbit
590 to 627 km
In shadow
24 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,760 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 9:47 PM, 12 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 9:47 PM, 12 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Shi Jian 9A, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Shi Jian 9A has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 9, 2026, 5:39 AM, 2 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

Shi Jian 9A shares its launch, 2012-056, with 2 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
SJ-9BSatellite
CZ-2C 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, 9:47 PM, 12 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SJ-9A",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2012-056A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T21:47:37.952160",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.85742339,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00264305,
  "INCLINATION": 97.6924,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 279.8093,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 138.4228,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 221.9004,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 38860,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 72107,
  "BSTAR": 0.00016018363,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00001346,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}