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TJS-23

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

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One of the newest TJS satellites. Chinese officials have not acknowledged the military nature of the TJS series, but the operational pace and scale of the program, combined with observed anomalous behaviors, have convinced US Space Force and independent analysts that TJS represents a major Chinese military GEO capability development program rather than any experimental communications initiative.

Its orbit

Orbit
Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
Altitude
22,232–22,253 mi (35,778–35,813 km)
Inclination
5.4°
One orbit
23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
NORAD ID
67226
Int’l designator
2025-306A
Launched
2025

Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.

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