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Satellite · NORAD 48426 · COSPAR 2021-039D

TIANQI-12

ActivePayloadLEOIoT / M2M derived

Altitude now

535.7km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

7.60km/s

Inclination

35.00°

Period

95.2 min

95.2 min

Perigee

524km

Apogee

531km

orbit agingOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 04:36 UTC (17.0 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of TIANQI-12TIANQI-12
LIVE · SGP4

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Latitude
34.777° S
Longitude
94.876° E
Altitude
535.7 km
Velocity
7.596 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 04:36 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
IoT / M2M
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
—
Constellation membership derived
Tianqi via name_pattern

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • TIANQI-12Celestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
Guodian Gaoke
SATCAT owner code
PRC · People's Republic of China
Country
China CN

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
06 May 2021
COSPAR launch id
2021-039
Launch site
Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 4

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Owner Code∅ → PRCCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → LEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 7 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
48426
COSPAR / international designator
2021-039D
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SX461ZW1YXXDM0Q8ZEX
Canonical slug
tianqi-12-48426

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (IoT / M2M) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.