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TIANPING 2B
Chinese Radar Calibration Satellite (Formation) · CASC (China)
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Tianping-2B, part of a Chinese satellite formation whose stated purpose — calibrating radar cross-section measurements for spacecraft tracking — makes it one of the more technically obscure entries in China's growing satellite fleet, useful primarily to the space-tracking systems that monitor everything else in orbit.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 342–360 mi (551–579 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 95.8 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 52155
- Int’l designator
- 2022-032C
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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