Geostationary
TJS-20
Military Communications (Assessed) · CNSA / PLA (Assessed)
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One of the latest TJS satellites, launched in 2025 as China continues to expand its classified GEO military presence. The TJS program has now been active for a decade, and its scale has grown from a single experimental satellite to what analysts describe as a mature military communications and possibly signals intelligence constellation operating across the entire geostationary arc.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,233–22,250 mi (35,781–35,809 km)
- Inclination
- 5.3°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 66142
- Int’l designator
- 2025-238A
- Launched
- 2025
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.