| Name | Tianqi |
|---|---|
| Type | CubeSat |
| Units or mass | 6U |
| Organisation | Guodian Gaoke |
| Institution | Company |
| Entity | Commercial |
| Nation | China |
| Manufacturer | AIVT by Guodian Gaoke |
| Launch brokerer | Expace |
| Partners | Tao Zhixing Education Foundation |
| Oneliner |
Demonstration mission for IoT constellation to launch 38 by end of 2020. |
| Description |
Its main business is satellite IoT constellation operation. "Apocalypse Constellation" provides users with much-needed data collection and transmission services for terrestrial network coverage blind areas, which are widely used in marine, environmental protection, meteorological, forestry, geological, emergency, rescue and smart city industries to enhance China's global data network coverage and Application capabilities are of strategic importance. It is also the second launch of Guodian Hi-Tech after successfully launching the test star last year. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| Photo sources | [1] |
Related Spacecraft
| Name | Status | Launch | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tianqi-1 (Tiange 1, Tianqi yi hao, Apocalypse 1) | Operational? (No public news found) | 2018-10-29 | 515 km, 97.5 deg |
| Tianqi-3 (Tiange 3, Tianqi yi hao, Wenchang IOT-1, Apocalypse 3, Tao Xingzhi) | Operational? | 2019-06-05 | 565 km, 45 deg |
| Tianqi 2 (Apocalypse 2, Tianqi Zhangzhou hao) | Operational? (No public news found as of 2019-12-17) | 2019-08-17 | 540 km, 97.6 deg |
| Tianqi-4A (Tiange 4, Tianqi yi hao, Wenchang IOT-1, Apocalypse 4) | Operational? (No news found as of 2019-12-27) | 2019-12-07 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO |
| Tianqi-4B (Tiange 4, Tianqi yi hao, Wenchang IOT-1, Apocalypse 5) | Reentry 2022-12-31. Was operational? (No news found as of 2019-12-27) | 2019-12-07 | 500 km, 97.5 deg, SSO |
Last modified: 2023-06-03
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