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Tianqin-1
Chinese microsatellite. Tianqin-1 was launched on December 20, 2019 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2019-093ANORAD 44879China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- BDSAGR-1
- Common name
- Tianqin-1
- Payload designation
- Weilai-1R
- Other names
- MN50
- International designator
- 2019-093A
- NORAD catalog number
- 44879
- GCAT identifier
- S44879
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/948
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- BDSAGR
- Owner
- GZH-NHK BDS AGR
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Micro-Nano Star Space Technology Co. Ltd.
- Platform (bus)
- MN50
Launch
- Date
- December 20, 2019 · 03:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-093Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 613 km
- Apogee
- 634 km
- Inclination
- 97.98°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- January 2020
- End of operations
- 2022
Size
- Mass
- 65 kg
- Dry mass
- 65 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q96757094 (CC0).