Status
Success
Rocket
Mission Details
TJSW-4
TJS 4 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan) is a Chinese geostationary satellite billed as a communications technology test satellite, but which is likely a military SIGINT mission.
The satellite is reportedly mainly used to conduct a test on Ka-band in broadband communication. Also, it has been reported, that it features a large unfoldable dish antenna of ~32 m diameter. It has been positioned at 154.5° East.
The lack of public information has led to the suspicion that this satellite has a military mission. It has been speculated that the satellite might be in fact a military Qianshao-3 SIGINT satellite.
Payloads: 1
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
LC-3, Xichang Satellite Launch Center, China
Stats
2019
75th orbital launch attempt
Long March 3
118th mission
9th mission of 2019
111th successful mission
25th consecutive successful mission