TJS-3
Launch
Launched on Dec 24, 2018 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3C.
Long March 3C | TJS-3 (TJSW-3) →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 11:57 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
Chinese Government
Country
China
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 24, 2018
Mass
—
Apogee
35,761 km
Perigee
35,727 km
Inclination
2.75°
Period
23.89 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for TJS-3 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-51.3 km
Rate
-0.50 km/day
Now
35727 × 35761 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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