Satellite · NORAD 48864 · COSPAR 2021-055E
TIANQI-14
- Operator Guodian Gaoke
- Constellation Tianqi
- Country China
Altitude now
518.9km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.61km/s
Inclination
35.00°
Period
95.1 min
95.1 min
Perigee
520km
Apogee
525km
orbit freshOrbit updated 8 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:33 UTC (11.1 h old)· Metadata updated 8 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.
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- Latitude
- 2.336° S
- Longitude
- 57.815° W
- Altitude
- 518.9 km
- Velocity
- 7.608 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 10:33 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- Guodian Gaoke
- SATCAT owner code
- PRC · People's Republic of China
- Country
- China CN
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 18 Jun 2021
- COSPAR launch id
- 2021-055
- Launch site
- Xichang Satellite Launch Center
Objects from the same launch · 4
- YAOGAN-30 10A48860PayloadActive
- YAOGAN-30 10B48861PayloadActive
- YAOGAN-30 10C48863PayloadActive
- CZ-2C R/B48862Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owner Code | ∅ → PRC | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 6 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 8 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 11 Sept 2026 20:57 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Timeline
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
- 48864
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2021-055E
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SX57R7B6X2WE9BTPA31
- Canonical slug
- tianqi-14-48864
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.