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TIANMU-1 13
Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)
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Tianmu #13 adds tropical coverage where it matters most. GPS occultation through moist tropical air reveals moisture structures that determine whether a hurricane intensifies into a monster or weakens into a rainmaker — the exact data that forecasters have lacked for decades.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 300–305 mi (483–491 km)
- Inclination
- 97.3°
- One orbit
- 94.2 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58647
- Int’l designator
- 2023-205C
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 23 Sep 2026.
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