Key statistics
Satellite TIANQI 16 at a glance.
Uptime
156
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
45.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for TIANQI 16.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANQI 16
International designator: 2025-105A
Object number (NORAD): 64058
Object ID (CCSDS): 64058
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.928 minutes
Inclination: 44.9849 deg
SMA: 7275.292 km
Apoapsis: 904.893 km
Periapsis: 889.421 km
RAAN: 3.681 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0010633
Argument of periapsis: 324.2419 deg
Mean anomaly: 35.7701 deg
Mean motion: 13.99030353 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000361 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033617 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 22, 2025, 12:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 2:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANQI 16
TLE line 1: 1 64058U 25105A 25294.62492470 .00000361 00000-0 33617-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 64058 44.9849 3.6810 0010633 324.2419 35.7701 13.99030353 21786
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANQI 16.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for TIANQI 16, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
4 small satellites for LEO Internet of Things (IoT) communication purposes.
TIANQI 16 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Ceres-1S | Tianqi 16-18 & 20’, on board a Ceres-1S space rocket.
The launch took place on May 19, 2025, 7:38 a.m. from Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship.
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Ceres-1S | Tianqi 16-18 & 20
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 19, 2025, 7:38 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Ceres-1S
Launch pad: Oriental Spaceport mobile launch ship
Location: Sea Launch
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