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TIANMU-1 04

Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)

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Tianmu #4, building China's commercial GPS occultation weather network. The constellation already outnumbers all government-operated radio occultation satellites combined, reshaping who controls global weather data. A commercial entity quietly displacing government monopolies on atmospheric intelligence.

Its orbit

Orbit
Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
Altitude
259–263 mi (416–423 km)
Inclination
97.5°
One orbit
92.8 minutes15.5 orbits a day
NORAD ID
55974
Int’l designator
2023-039B
Launched
2023

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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