Tianqi Xinguou 1-13

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https://orbinauts.com/satellites/48864

  • Communications satellite
  • TIANQI-14
  • NORAD 48864
  • 2021-055E
  • Low Earth orbit

Current orbit

Where Tianqi Xinguou 1-13 is on the world map, with the orbit it is flying
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Orbit began over the Ceram Sea

Orbit ends over the South China Sea

In the Earth’s shadow since

Back in sunlight

Past trackNext orbits

In view from you

Nobody watches Tianqi Xinguou 1-13 go over, but a receiver still asks whether it is above the horizon. Say where you are and this card answers.

Your position is rounded to about a kilometre and sent only to the Orbinauts API, to find the pass.

No brightness has been published for Tianqi Xinguou 1-13, so it is not a naked-eye satellite and no city page carries pass times for it. Nothing here estimates one.

Seeing it

There is nothing to go outside for: it is too faint for the naked eye. What reaches you from it reaches a dish or an antenna, not an eye.

Timeline

  1. Launch

    Launched, on the day GCAT records. Source

Summary

Over the Bay of Bengal LIVE

Where is Tianqi Xinguou 1-13?

At 7:10:14 PM UTC Tianqi Xinguou 1-13 was over the Bay of Bengal (11.4° N, 88.9° E), 516 km up, moving at 7.61 km/s and in the Earth’s shadow.

What is Tianqi Xinguou 1-13?

A communications satellite in low Earth orbit, in space since Jun 18, 2021.

Can I see Tianqi Xinguou 1-13?

No, not with the naked eye: no brightness has been published for Tianqi Xinguou 1-13, and nothing here estimates one; the dishes and receivers on the ground use its signals instead.

General

Operator
Guodian HiTech Technology Co Ltd.
State
China, People's Republic of
Built by
Shanghai ASES Spaceflight Technology Co. Ltd.
What it is
Communications satellite
Launched
Mass
40 kg
Operating
Yes
Orbit class
Low Earth orbit

From GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue, licensed CC BY 4.0: the operator, the state, the manufacturer, what it is for, the launch day, the mass, and whether it is operating. The orbit class is read from its current elements.

Latest orbital data

Position received
7:10 PM UTC
Station time (UTC)
7:10 PM UTC
Latitude / longitude
11.4° N, 88.9° E
Altitude
516 km
Speed
7.61 km/s (27,396 km/h)
Course
south-east
Light
In the Earth’s shadow until 7:22 PM UTC
Inclination
35°
Orbital period
95 minutes
Orbits per day
15.15
This orbit
521 to 527 km
In shadow
36 minutes of each orbit
In view from
Within 1,600 km of the point below it
Elements epoch
Nov 8, 2026, 5:48 AM, 13 hours old
Source
Position from Space-Track orbital elements of Nov 8, 2026, 5:48 AM, 13 hours old.

No operator publishes an ephemeris for Tianqi Xinguou 1-13, so every position here comes from its orbital elements.

In orbit

Close approaches
No close approach to Tianqi Xinguou 1-13 has been reported publicly in the past thirty days.

From Space-Track’s public conjunction messages; the latest report was issued Nov 8, 2026, 1:11 PM, 3 hours old. Only approaches serious enough to be reported publicly are listed: within three days and, for two bodies near the Earth, closer than a kilometre with a chance of a collision above 1 in 10,000, the level at which NASA moves the ISS.

See every close approach reported in orbit.

Launched with

Tianqi Xinguou 1-13 shares its launch, 2021-055, with 4 other bodies the catalogue lists in orbit.

BodyWhat it is
YAOGAN-30 AASatellite
YAOGAN-30 ABSatellite
CZ-2C R/BRocket body
YAOGAN-30 ACSatellite

Read from the international designators of the US catalogue: the year and the launch number every piece of one launch shares. A body that has come down is no longer listed.

Beside the others

SatelliteTypical altitudeOrbital periodMassIn space since
Tianqi Xinguou 1-13521 to 527 km95 minutes40 kg2021
BlueWalker 3443 to 453 km94 minutesabout 1.5 t2022
Hispasat 30W-635,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 6.1 t2018
Amazonas Nexus35,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 4.1 t2023
ARSAT-135,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 3 t2014
Astra 1N35,786 to 35,786 km1,436 minutesabout 5.3 t2011

Data and API

The current elements from Space-Track as an OMM object, epoch Nov 8, 2026, 5:48 AM, 13 hours old.

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "TIANQI-14",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2021-055E",
  "EPOCH": "2026-11-08T05:48:59.434848",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 15.15057487,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.00045872,
  "INCLINATION": 34.9988,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 264.5052,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 178.3551,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 181.7177,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 48864,
  "ELEMENT_SET_NO": 999,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 29557,
  "BSTAR": 0.00055723127,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00010642,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}