TIANLIAN 1-04
Launch
Launched on Nov 22, 2016 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3C.
Long March 3C | Tianlian 1-04 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:12 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Nov 22, 2016
Mass
—
Apogee
35,993 km
Perigee
35,598 km
Inclination
1.08°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for TIANLIAN 1-04 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.9 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35598 × 35993 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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