Communications
TIANQI-28
Chinese Commercial Satellite IoT · Guodian Gaoke (China)
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Tianqi-28, part of China's Tianqi ('Sky Enquiry') commercial satellite IoT constellation, relaying data from remote agricultural, forestry, and environmental sensors — China's domestic alternative to Western satellite messaging networks like ORBCOMM and Kinéis.IoT constellation, relaying data from remote agricultural, forestry, and environmental sensors — one of the later satellites in a constellation that has grown from its early test satellites into genuine operational scale.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 557–568 mi (896–915 km)
- Inclination
- 45.0°
- One orbit
- 102.9 minutes14.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59912
- Int’l designator
- 2024-102D
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.