TJS 5 (Huoyan-1 02)

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Description:

• TJS 5 satellite is the fifth in a line of Chinese missions that have intrigued Western analysts. The first TJS satellite launched in 2015, and the timing and circumstances of the TJS 5 launch suggest a similarity with the deployment of the TJS 5 spacecraft in January 2017. Chinese state television said that TJS 5 satellite will support communications, television broadcast, data transmission and other services. But China′s government-run media apparatus often identifies the owner or end user of the country′s other satellites.

Mission details:

• On Jan 7, 2020 China launched the Tongxing Jishu Shiyan 5 satellite to geotransfer orbit. The TJS series of `experimental communications satellites' is believed to be a cover for a range of military programs, and TJS 5 appears to be an SAST/Shanghai `Houyan' early warning satellite like 2017′s TJS 2.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking