Geostationary
LUDI TANCE-4 01A
Land Detection / Earth Observation · CNSA
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A Chinese land detection satellite in geostationary orbit, officially designed for land and geological monitoring. From GEO, a land detection satellite can continuously observe agricultural conditions, desertification trends, and natural disaster development across a fixed geographic region — capabilities useful for both environmental monitoring and persistent agricultural intelligence that drives food security policy.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,231–22,251 mi (35,777–35,810 km)
- Inclination
- 15.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 57624
- Int’l designator
- 2023-120A
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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