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TIANMU-1 05
Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)
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Tianmu #5 continues China's commercial weather data revolution. Radio occultation profiles each GPS bending through the atmosphere from surface to 37 miles, through any clouds, in complete darkness. The most all-weather atmospheric measurement technique ever invented — and China is deploying it at commercial scale.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 260–264 mi (419–424 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 92.9 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 55975
- Int’l designator
- 2023-039C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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