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TIANMU-1 20
Commercial Weather (Radio Occultation) · MWS (Commercial)
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Tianmu #20. A geopolitical question is forming: will weather agencies in Europe, Japan, and the US build competing commercial ecosystems, or become data customers of Chinese networks? The answer will shape global meteorology infrastructure for a generation.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 288–293 mi (463–472 km)
- Inclination
- 97.5°
- One orbit
- 93.8 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 58661
- Int’l designator
- 2023-208B
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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