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WEINA 1A
Chinese Commercial Satellite IoT · Chinese Commercial Operator
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Weina 1A, part of a Chinese satellite IoT technology demonstration pair testing store-and-forward messaging for remote sensor networks — one of many early Chinese commercial ventures exploring the satellite IoT market that ORBCOMM and Spire had already established in the West.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 355–357 mi (571–575 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 96.0 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43169
- Int’l designator
- 2018-011A
- Launched
- 2018
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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