Payload
QIANFAN-87
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 63173
QIANFAN-87 is a China payload satellite, launched on March 11, 2025 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- March 11, 2025 at 04:38 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Wenchang, China
- Launched by
- Long March 8 →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- SpaceSail Polar Group #5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,076 km
- Periapsis
- 1,061 km
- Inclination
- 88.97°
- Orbital period
- 106.59 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Launch mass
- 267 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.3 × 3 × 3 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2025-046Q
- NORAD catalog №
- 63173
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Status
- Operational