TJS 13

completedLaunch 2024-227

Launched 12/3/2024LEOService GSat MOL O

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Payloads

Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.

1 payload

Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 13

active

Technology Demonstration

Launch Stack

Operator: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3B G2
Launch Site: Launch Complex 3, Xichang Space Center (Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China)

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Payload Status: active 1
Payload Mission Types: Technology Demonstration 1

Mentions

All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

China launched the TJS-13 satellite on a Long March 3B rocket from Xichang one day before the upgraded Kuaizhou-1A launch.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 4, 2024China debuts modified solid rocket with remote sensing satellite launch

China launched a new communication engineering test satellite on 2024-12-03 identified as communication technology experiment Satellite-13 (Tongxin Jishu Shiyan-13, TJS-13).

PlanCapabilityValue 4.0Dec 3, 2024China launches clandestine TJS-13 satellite, rocket reaches milestone