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LING QIAO
Chinese Commercial Earth Observation Satellite · Chinese Commercial Operator
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Ling Qiao, a Chinese commercial imaging satellite launched in 2014 as part of a wave of small, privately-developed Chinese Earth observation spacecraft testing commercial viability outside the traditional state-run reconnaissance and mapping programs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 485–503 mi (781–809 km)
- Inclination
- 98.7°
- One orbit
- 100.6 minutes14.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40136
- Int’l designator
- 2014-051A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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