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TIANMU-1 06
Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)
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Tianmu #6 demonstrates China's pivot from state-operated space infrastructure toward a commercial data economy. Tianmu data is sold to national meteorological services globally — including countries without their own weather satellites — giving China influence over forecasting infrastructure in dozens of nations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 259–262 mi (417–422 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 92.8 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 55976
- Int’l designator
- 2023-039D
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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