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TIANMU-1 08
Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)
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Tianmu #8, quietly becoming one of the most significant new inputs to global weather prediction this decade — rivaling multi-billion-dollar traditional weather satellites at a fraction of the cost. The economics of atmospheric sounding changed permanently.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 295–299 mi (474–481 km)
- Inclination
- 97.2°
- One orbit
- 94.0 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 57400
- Int’l designator
- 2023-101B
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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