Key statistics
Satellite TIANQI 20 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 20.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: TIANQI 20
International designator: 2025-105D
Object number (NORAD): 64061
Object ID (CCSDS): 64061
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 102.927 minutes
Inclination: 44.9878 deg
SMA: 7275.24 km
Apoapsis: 903.788 km
Periapsis: 890.423 km
RAAN: 3.1643 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0009185
Argument of periapsis: 328.9589 deg
Mean anomaly: 31.07 deg
Mean motion: 13.99045171 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000367 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00034032 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, 3:50 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 TIANQI 20
TLE line 1: 1 64061U 25105D 25294.66023578 .00000367 00000-0 34032-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 64061 44.9878 3.1643 0009185 328.9589 31.0700 13.99045171 21805
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite TIANQI 20.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for TIANQI 20, 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 20 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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