Geostationary
TJS-16
Military Communications (Assessed) · CNSA / PLA (Assessed)
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A recent TJS satellite continuing China's classified GEO military program at an accelerating pace. TJS-16 is one of multiple TJS launches in 2024 alone, demonstrating China's commitment to rapidly expanding its protected military communications architecture in geostationary orbit as global competition in the space domain intensifies.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,237–22,246 mi (35,787–35,802 km)
- Inclination
- 1.3°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 63397
- Int’l designator
- 2025-064A
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.