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TIANMU-1 11

Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)

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Tianmu #11, one of four launched together accelerating build-out of China's commercial atmospheric sounding network. The ability to mass-produce and batch-launch radio occultation satellites is changing the economics of weather data globally — and China is leading the change.

Its orbit

Orbit
Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
Altitude
298–306 mi (480–493 km)
Inclination
97.3°
One orbit
94.2 minutes15.3 orbits a day
NORAD ID
58645
Int’l designator
2023-205A
Launched
2023

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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