Geostationary
TJS-12
Military Communications (Assessed) · CNSA / PLA (Assessed)
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A recent TJS satellite continuing China's classified GEO military program. The series has grown beyond what any 'communication technology experiment' designation can justify — the number, pace, and observed behavior of TJS satellites indicate an operational military communications and/or intelligence collection program of considerable scale, rivaling the combined GEO military presence of the US and its allies.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,238–22,245 mi (35,788–35,800 km)
- Inclination
- 0.5°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 62374
- Int’l designator
- 2024-246A
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.