TANSAT is a payload in SSO orbit, operated by Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT / National Satellite Meteorological Center, launched 2016.
| Orbit class | SSO |
| Inclination | 98.5370° |
| Eccentricity | 0.0019128 |
| Period | 98.6 min |
| Apogee | 707 km |
| Perigee | 680 km |
| Mean motion | 14.59968650 rev/day |
| RAAN | 189.0418° |
| Arg of perigee | 246.3523° |
| Mean anomaly | 113.5668° |
| B* | 1.4179e-4 |
| Rev at epoch | 50,754 |
1 41898U 16081A 26188.19226800 .00000631 00000-0 14179-3 0 99942 41898 98.5370 189.0418 0019128 246.3523 113.5668 14.59968650507545{
"OBJECT_NAME": "TANSAT",
"OBJECT_ID": "2016-081A",
"EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:36:51.955+00:00",
"MEAN_MOTION": 14.5996865,
"ECCENTRICITY": 0.0019128,
"INCLINATION": 98.537,
"RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 189.0418,
"ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 246.3523,
"MEAN_ANOMALY": 113.5668,
"EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
"CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
"NORAD_CAT_ID": 41898,
"REV_AT_EPOCH": 50754,
"BSTAR": 0.00014179,
"MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000631,
"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.
| Name | TANSAT |
| Operator | Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT / National Satellite Meteorological CenterHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree |
| Country | China |
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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.
| Mission purpose | — |
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