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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 3B/ELaunch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
TJS-1 (TJSW-1)
Launched
September 12, 2015
Image: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Summary
TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1) launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 3B/E from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on September 12, 2015. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 154th launch, 5th this year and humanity's 5,491st orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th Long March 3B/E flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 208 × 35,832 km orbit inclined 27.1°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 14th Long March 3B/E flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 154th launch5th this yearhumanity's 5,491st orbital launch attempt49th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1 · NORAD 40892 · 2015-046 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2015-046A
- Epoch
- 2015-09-12 19:13:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27905085 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7302561
- Inclination
- 27.0741°
- Ascending node
- 224.0561°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.5557°
- Mean anomaly
- 106.9446°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1 · NORAD 40892 · in orbit
CZ-3B Y32 Stage 3 · re-entered January 30, 2016
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
TJS-1 is the first of China's Tongxin Jishu Shiyan satellites, officially described as a communications-technology test spacecraft; Western analysts believe it carries a large deployable antenna for military signals intelligence or early warning from geostationary orbit.
Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
60th launch from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), 3rd this year · 87th from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
126 launches from this pad · 242 from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
49 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1) launch?
TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1) launched on September 12, 2015. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1)?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1)?
Long March 3B/E, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 3B/E spec sheet
Where did TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1) launch from?
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1) reach?
Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 208 × 35,832 km orbit inclined 27.1°.
How many satellites did TJS-1 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 1) launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).