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JIAOTONG VDES

Chinese Maritime Communications Technology Demonstrator · Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China)

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Jiaotong VDES tests a genuinely new maritime safety technology: a VHF Data Exchange System that upgrades the aging AIS ship-tracking standard every large vessel already broadcasts on, adding far more bandwidth for weather updates, navigation warnings, and traffic management data to be sent directly to ships at sea from a single satellite — the next generation of the system that already tracks nearly every commercial vessel on Earth.

Its orbit

Orbit
Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
Altitude
457–466 mi (735–750 km)
Inclination
98.2°
One orbit
99.5 minutes14.5 orbits a day
NORAD ID
54588
Int’l designator
2022-164A
Launched
2022

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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