TIANQI-12

NORAD 48426· COSPAR 2021-039D· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· LEO

Launch

Launched on May 6, 2021 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2C.

Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-08 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 05:19 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 6, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

541 km

Perigee

535 km

Inclination

35.00°

Period

1.59 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for TIANQI-12 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.4 km

Rate

-0.03 km/day

Now

535 × 541 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.

Launched with

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2021-039 (Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-08).

YAOGAN-30 09A · 48423
YAOGAN-30 09B · 48424
YAOGAN-30 09C · 48425

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