Key statistics
Satellite TIANQI 18 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 18.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANQI 18
International designator: 2025-105C
Object number (NORAD): 64060
Object ID (CCSDS): 64060
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.926 minutes
Inclination: 44.9856 deg
SMA: 7275.178 km
Apoapsis: 903.965 km
Periapsis: 890.121 km
RAAN: 3.5722 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009515
Argument of periapsis: 334.9439 deg
Mean anomaly: 25.0931 deg
Mean motion: 13.99063148 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000358 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033426 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, 2:31 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANQI 18
TLE line 1: 1 64060U 25105C 25294.60512824 .00000358 00000-0 33426-3 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 64060 44.9856 3.5722 0009515 334.9439 25.0931 13.99063148 21780
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANQI 18.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for TIANQI 18, 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 18 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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