Naxing-2

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/40905

  • OBJECT G
  • NORAD 40905
  • 2015-049G
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Naxing-2 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over Russia

Orbit ends over Ukraine

In the Earth’s shadow since

Back in sunlight

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In view from you

Nobody watches Naxing-2 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 Naxing-2, 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

  2. Close approach

    On Saturday, Oct 17 at 5:26 AM UTC, the rocket body of CZ-2C (NORAD 52794) was to pass within 625 m of Object G (NORAD 40905). The chance was about 1 in 9,000.

Summary

Over Saudi Arabia LIVE

Where is Naxing-2?

At 6:24:58 PM UTC Naxing-2 was over Saudi Arabia (30.8° N, 38.2° E), 326 km up, moving at 7.72 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is Naxing-2?

A satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Sep 19, 2015.

Can I see Naxing-2?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Naxing-2, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
Tsinghua University
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Tsinghua University
Launched
Mass
20 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
6:24 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
6:24 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
30.8° N, 38.2° E
Altitude
326 km
Speed
7.72 km/s (27,781 km/h)
Course
north
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 6:38 PM UTC
Inclination
97.4°
Orbital period
91 minutes
Orbits per day
15.82
This orbit
319 to 324 km
In shadow
34 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,160 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 4:37 AM, 13 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 4:37 AM, 13 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Naxing-2, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
1 reported. No close approach to Naxing-2 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

Naxing-2 shares its launch, 2015-049, with one other body the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
LILACSAT 2Communications 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 8, 2026, 4:37 AM, 13 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "OBJECT G",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2015-049G",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T04:37:25.840416",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.82028991,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00036449,
  "INCLINATION": 97.4324,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 6.2186,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 54.2324,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 305.9283,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 40905,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 61908,
  "BSTAR": 0.00068239479,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00140342,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}