Shi Jian 17

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  • SJ-17
  • NORAD 41838
  • 2016-065A
  • Inclined geosynchronous

Current orbit

Where Shi Jian 17 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Central African Republic

Orbit ends over the Central African Republic

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Shi Jian 17 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 17, 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. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Zhongwei 1, Nov 12, 2016 to Dec 29, 2016, as public sources state. Its sources

  3. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Zhongxing 6A, Jun 20, 2017 to Sep 29, 2017, as public sources state. Its sources

  4. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Telkom-3S, Oct 9, 2017 to Jan 11, 2018, as public sources state. Its sources

  5. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Zhongxing 20, Feb 10, 2018 to Mar 16, 2018, as public sources state. Its sources

  6. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Zhongxing 1C, Jul 24, 2018 to Aug 17, 2018, as public sources state. Its sources

  7. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Zhongxing 6B, Dec 25, 2019 to Jan 27, 2020, as public sources state. Its sources

  8. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Shi Jian 20, Jan 29, 2020 to Apr 6, 2020, as public sources state. Its sources

  9. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Apstar 6, Apr 25, 2020 to Aug 7, 2020, as public sources state. Its sources

  10. Rendezvous

    Shi Jian 17 came up beside Gao Fen 13, Oct 19, 2020 to Dec 17, 2020, as public sources state. Its sources

Summary

Over the Democratic Republic of the Congo LIVE

Where is Shi Jian 17?

At 5:36:39 PM UTC Shi Jian 17 was over the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6.1° S, 22.1° E), 35,905 km up, moving at 3.07 km/s and in sunlight.

What is Shi Jian 17?

A satellite in an inclined geosynchronous orbit, in space since Nov 3, 2016.

Can I see Shi Jian 17?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Shi Jian 17, and nothing here estimates one.

General

Operator
China Satellite Communications Corp. Group (China Satcom)
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
Launched
Mass
about 3 t
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Inclined geosynchronous

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
5:36 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
5:36 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
6.1° S, 22.1° E
Altitude
35,905 km
Speed
3.07 km/s (11,052 km/h)
Course
south
Light
In sunlight
Inclination
6.1°
Orbital period
1,442 minutes
Orbits per day
1
This orbit
35,898 to 35,907 km
In shadow
None of this orbit
In view from
Within 7,950 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 12:48 AM, 16 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 12:48 AM, 16 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Shi Jian 17, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Shi Jian 17 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

Shi Jian 17 shares its launch, 2016-065, with one other body the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
YZ-2 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.

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 12:48 AM, 16 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "SJ-17",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2016-065A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T00:48:26.026848",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 0.99863792,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000977,
  "INCLINATION": 6.1141,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 70.8189,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 113.0012,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 258.6866,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 41838,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3664,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 8.8e-7,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}