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TIANQI-6
Chinese Commercial Satellite IoT · Guodian Gaoke (China)
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Tianqi-6, part of China's Tianqi ('Sky Enquiry') commercial satellite IoT constellation, relaying data from remote agricultural, forestry, and environmental sensors — a domestic Chinese alternative to Western satellite messaging networks like ORBCOMM.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 339–349 mi (546–561 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 95.6 minutes15.1 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 46810
- Int’l designator
- 2020-076D
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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