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TIANMU-1 09
Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)
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Tianmu #9 reflects China's extraordinary commercial space acceleration. Five years ago, commercial weather satellites were purely American and European. The Tianmu constellation's rapid deployment shows how quickly China's private space companies built capability once they gained government and venture capital backing.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 295–299 mi (475–481 km)
- Inclination
- 97.2°
- One orbit
- 94.0 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 57401
- Int’l designator
- 2023-101C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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