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TIANMU-1 10

Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)

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Tianmu #10. Radio occultation has become the single most valuable new data source for weather forecasting this decade — improving short-range forecasts more than any other advance since geostationary weather satellites appeared in the 1970s.

Its orbit

Orbit
Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
Altitude
294–299 mi (474–481 km)
Inclination
97.3°
One orbit
94.0 minutes15.3 orbits a day
NORAD ID
57402
Int’l designator
2023-101D
Launched
2023

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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