TIANQI-14

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite TIANQI-14 at a glance.

Uptime

1480

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 15.1

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

35.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for TIANQI-14.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: TIANQI-14

International designator: 2021-055E

Object number (NORAD): 48864

Object ID (CCSDS): 48864

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: MEDIUM

Orbital parameters

Period: 95.484 minutes

Inclination: 35.0013 deg

SMA: 6920.111 km

Apoapsis: 544.853 km

Periapsis: 539.098 km

RAAN: 50.5149 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0004158

Argument of periapsis: 144.2041 deg

Mean anomaly: 215.8948 deg

Mean motion: 15.08110592 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00004413 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.0002818 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 6, 2025, 7:27 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 TIANQI-14

TLE line 1: 1 48864U 21055E 25187.81090373 .00004413 00000-0 28180-3 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 48864 35.0013 50.5149 0004158 144.2041 215.8948 15.08110592221455

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite TIANQI-14.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

The Yaogan-30 is a series of military remote sensing satellites which are launched in triplets. The satellites are spaced by 120° in their orbit.

TIANQI-14 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-09’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.

The launch took place on June 18, 2021, 6:30 a.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).

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Launch to space Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-09
Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-09

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 18, 2021, 6:30 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Long March 2

Launch pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)

Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Latest news about this satellite

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China launches Chang Zheng 2C with trio of Yaogan-30 satellites

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China launches new group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites

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