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Geostationary

TJS-19

Military Communications (Assessed) · CNSA / PLA (Assessed)

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A newly launched TJS satellite extending China's classified GEO military constellation. The sheer number of TJS satellites — exceeding 20 by 2025 — and their observed proximity operations behavior represent a fundamental change in how China is approaching the geostationary domain: not merely as a communications medium but as an active operational environment where Chinese military capabilities must be continuously present.

Its orbit

Orbit
Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
Altitude
22,225–22,257 mi (35,768–35,819 km)
Inclination
3.1°
One orbit
23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
NORAD ID
63924
Int’l designator
2025-097A
Launched
2025

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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