Key statistics
Satellite TIANLIAN-2 05 at a glance.
Uptime
230
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 1.0
Per day
Orbit
GEO
Geostationary Orbit
Inclination
4.9
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIANLIAN-2 05.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANLIAN-2 05
International designator: 2025-084A
Object number (NORAD): 63662
Object ID (CCSDS): 63662
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 1436.142 minutes
Inclination: 4.9343 deg
SMA: 42165.616 km
Apoapsis: 35794.999 km
Periapsis: 35779.963 km
RAAN: 281.9514 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001783
Argument of periapsis: 37.0533 deg
Mean anomaly: 344.484 deg
Mean motion: 1.00268632 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000126 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 9, 2025, 12:36 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 8, 2025, 1:41 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANLIAN-2 05
TLE line 1: 1 63662U 25084A 25342.57082402 .00000126 00000-0 00000+0 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 63662 4.9343 281.9514 0001783 37.0533 344.4840 1.00268632 2476
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANLIAN-2 05.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Tianlian is a Chinese data tracking and relay communications geostationary satellite series. The TL 2 (Tian Lian 2) satellites represent the second generation of this relay satellite network, and is based on the DFH-4 Bus, a three-axis-stabilized telecommunications satellite platform. TL 2 will be used to support real-time communications between orbiting satellites and ground control stations. This system will replace the current network of ground-based space tracking and telemetry stations and space tracking ships.
TIANLIAN-2 05 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-05’, on board a Long March 3B/E space rocket.
The launch took place on April 27, 2025, 3:54 p.m. from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2).
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Long March 3B/E | Tianlian 2-05
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 27, 2025, 3:54 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 3B/E
Launch pad: Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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