▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	98.7063°
Eccentricity	0.0021886
Period	100.7 min
Apogee	807 km
Perigee	775 km
Mean motion	14.30273666 rev/day
RAAN	189.9452°
Arg of perigee	113.2063°
Mean anomaly	247.1427°
B*	2.1956e-5
Rev at epoch	61,785

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 40136U 14051A 26188.13515580 .00000013 00000-0 21956-4 0 9999

2 40136 98.7063 189.9452 0021886 113.2063 247.1427 14.30273666617850

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "LING QIAO",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2014-051A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T03:14:37.461+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.30273666,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0021886,
  "INCLINATION": 98.7063,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 189.9452,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 113.2063,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 247.1427,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 40136,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 61785,
  "BSTAR": 0.000021956,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 1.3e-7,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	LING QIAO
Operator	Tsinghua UniversityHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	China
Launch date	Sep 4, 2014HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	135HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Mission purpose	—
Object class	PAYLOADHIGH

▸Data quality

Score85 / 100

Claims7

Sources1

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org

▸Actions

GET /api/v1/satellites/40136

//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.