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GEISAT PRECURSOR
Chinese Commercial Technology Demonstrator · Chinese Commercial Operator
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GeiSAT Precursor, a Chinese technology demonstration satellite testing hardware ahead of a planned larger operational constellation. Precursor satellites like this exist specifically to catch design flaws cheaply — better to discover a problem on one $2 million test satellite than across an entire operational fleet built on the same flawed assumption.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 285–290 mi (459–466 km)
- Inclination
- 97.6°
- One orbit
- 93.7 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 56934
- Int’l designator
- 2023-084C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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