NORAD 47851
SHIYAN 9 (SY-9)
📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Computing position…
Blue circle: where it is above the horizon now
Time
- Local time
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Position
- Latitude
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- Longitude
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- Altitude
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Speed
- Miles per hour
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- Kilometers per second
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- Miles per second
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From your location
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- Elevation
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- Right ascension
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- Declination
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- Local sidereal time
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Sunlight
- Day / night
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Identity
- NORAD ID
- 47851
- International designator
- 2021-019A
- Launch date
- Mar 11, 2021
- Launch site
- Wenchang Satellite Launch Center
- Radar size (RCS)
- Large (over 1 m²)
Radio
- Uplink
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- Downlink
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- Beacon
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- Mode
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Active transmitters from SatNOGS DB, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Your station
- Grid locator
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Live
- Azimuth
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- Elevation
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- Range
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- Range rate
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- Naked-eye visibility
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- Sub-satellite grid
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- Footprint diameter
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Upcoming passes
Next 48 h · your local timeUse your location to predict passes.
Mutual visibility
With another station · next 48 hUse your location to find mutual windows.
Transmitters
Nominal · add location for Doppler-
Recent receptions
SatNOGS Network-
Orbit data
- TLE epoch
- 2026-10-30 07:37:38 UTC
- TLE age
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Radio data from SatNOGS DB and SatNOGS Network, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Its orbit in 3D
Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 16.2° from the equator, between 35,661 and 35,874 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.
Drag to turn · pinch to zoom · it moves live
About SHIYAN 9 (SY-9)
SHIYAN 9 (SY-9) is a satellite from China, launched on Mar 11, 2021 from Wenchang Satellite Launch Center.
It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 147°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.
The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.