TJS 5 [SAST]
TJS 2 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan) is a Chinese geostationary satellite.
The satellite was built by SAST. According to public announcement the satellite will be mainly used to conduct a test on high speed/multi-frequency wide-band data transfer communication.
The lack of public information has lead to the suspiction, that this satellite has a military mission. The published image of the satellite does not fit to a communications satellite. It has been speculated, that it might be in fact a military Huoyan-1 (?) early warning satellite.
The satellite was launched in January 2017.
Another SAST built satellite, TJS 5, was launched on 7 January 2020. It has been speculated to be of the same type as TJS 2, as the generic description, manufacturer and NOTAMs are nearly the same as for TJS 2. A third satellite of this seriers, TJS 6, has been launched on 4 February 2021.
Nation: | China |
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Type / Application: | Early warning ? |
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Contractors: | SAST |
Equipment: | |
Configuration: | SAST-5000 ? |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
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Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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TJS 2 (Huoyan-1 01 ?) | 2017-001A | 05.01.2017 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B/G2 | ||
TJS 5 (Huoyan-1 02 ?) | 2020-002A | 07.01.2020 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B/G3 | ||
TJS 6 (Huoyan-1 03 ?) | 2021-010A | 04.02.2021 | Xi LC-3 | CZ-3B/G2(2) |