CTDRS

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CTDRS is classified as:

Geostationary

NORAD ID: 32779

Int'l Code: 2008-019A

Launch date: April 25, 2008
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Tianlian 1 is a data relay satellite to serve as a communications link between ground controllers and the country's next human space mission later this year. The satellite is the first of several craft designed to alleviate China's reliance on international ground stations and tracking ships for communications with the country's growing fleet of satellites.

1 32779U 08019A   26279.17040072 -.00000160  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 32779  10.4178  58.0503 0008926 223.4936 146.0942  0.97414650 16443

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC