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.