Key statistics
Satellite TJS-17 at a glance.
Uptime
23
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
0.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TJS-17.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TJS-17
International designator: 2025-073A
Object number (NORAD): 63524
Object ID (CCSDS): 63524
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.109 minutes
Inclination: 0.0337 deg
SMA: 42164.959 km
Apoapsis: 35788.848 km
Periapsis: 35784.8 km
RAAN: 359.3963 deg
Eccentricy: 0.000048
Argument of periapsis: 82.9614 deg
Mean anomaly: 211.0568 deg
Mean motion: 1.00270975 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000187 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 3, 2025, 2:26 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 2, 2025, 6:38 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TJS-17
TLE line 1: 1 63524U 25073A 25122.77701383 -.00000187 00000-0 00000-0 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 63524 0.0337 359.3963 0000480 82.9614 211.0568 1.00270975 177
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TJS-17.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for TJS-17, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Chinese classified satellite claimed to be for communication technology test purposes. Actual mission not known.
TJS-17 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3B/E | TJSW-17’, on board a Long March 3 space rocket.
The launch took place on April 10, 2025, 4:47 p.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).
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Long March 3B/E | TJSW-17
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 10, 2025, 4:47 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3
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
China launches TJS-17, expanding classified geostationary satellite series
China launched Thursday what appears to be the third satellite for a subset of classified, experimental satellites bound for geosynchronous orbit. The post China launches TJS-17, expanding classified geostationary satellite series appeared first on Space...
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