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LINGQIAO VIDEO B
Chinese Commercial Video Imaging Satellite · Chinese Commercial Operator
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LingQiao Video B, the companion satellite to LingQiao Video A, part of China's early commercial satellite video imaging experiments that preceded the country's much larger Jilin-1 video constellation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 391–405 mi (630–652 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 97.4 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40960
- Int’l designator
- 2015-057C
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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