TJS 5

completedLaunch 2020-002

Launched 1/7/2020HEOService GSat GTO O

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Payloads

Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.

1 payload

Tongxin Jishu Shiyan 5

active

Missile Warning Tracking

Launch Stack

Operator: China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT)
Launch Vehicle: Long March 3B G2
Launch Site: Launch Complex 2, Xichang Space Center (Xichang Space Center (Songlin), Sichuan, China)

Payload Summary

Payload Count: 1
Payload Status: active 1
Payload Mission Types: Missile Warning Tracking 1

Mentions

All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

The Tongxin Jishu Shiyan (TJS) satellites, including TJS-2, TJS-5, and TJS-6, carry early-warning payloads and occupy geostationary orbit for persistent coverage.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.2Aug 12, 2025China's Nuclear Early-Warning Architecture

Earlier in the same 24-hour period China launched a classified TJS-5 satellite to geostationary transfer orbit from Xichang and a Long March 2D from Taiyuan carrying four satellites to low Earth orbit.

GeneralValue 4.0Jan 16, 2020China launches Yinhe-1 commercial low Earth orbit 5G satellite