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NORAD ID: 32779
Int'l Code: 2008-019A
Perigee: 35,654.1 km
Apogee: 35,932.3 km
Inclination: 3.7 °
Period: 1,436.1 minutes
Semi major axis: 42164 km
RCS: 14.1589 m² (large)
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.

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1 32779U 08019A   19315.98733917 -.00000125  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 32779   3.6557  73.3058 0032985 245.3440 167.6563  1.00273773 42315

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC