Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Galactic Energy
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
SSO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
China
Date
Sat, 07 Nov 2020 07:12:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#6010 ever
Mission
Tianqi (also transcribed Tiange) is a series of small Chinese experimental LEO comsats by Guodian Gaoke for IoT (Internet of Things) communications, which are also carrying a camera for educational purposes. Guodian Gaoke plans to operate an IoT constellation. The "Apocalypse Constellation" provides users with much-needed data collection and transmission services for terrestrial network coverage blind areas, which are widely used in marine, environmental protection, meteorological, forestry, geological, emergency, rescue and smart city industries to enhance China's global data network coverage and application capabilities are of strategic importance.