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PRC HEO vs textbook Molniya / Tundra / GEO
OW-0005 · LIVE · unclassified packet
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Snapshot, not a live TLE feed. Five FACT traces use catalog names as published on CelesTrak / 18 SDS GP: SHIYAN-10 01, SHIYAN-10 02, TJS-13, TJS-21, SHIJIAN-31. Three REFERENCE traces are textbook geometries: equatorial GEO (i = 0), Molniya (≈12 h, i ≈ 63.4°), and Tundra (≈24 h, i ≈ 63.4°).
Read the plot as a class comparison, not a mission dump. The PRC HEO family sits on 12-hour highly elliptical paths at the critical inclination. That is Molniya-class geometry. Tundra is a 24-hour critical-inclination geosynchronous class used as a teaching overlay. It is not a PRC designator and it is not what these five objects are flying.
Public GP for the named objects is unclassified. Representative elements (epoch-dependent): TJS-13 (2024-227A / 62188) n ≈ 2.006 rev/day, e ≈ 0.70, i ≈ 63.8°. TJS-21 (2025-269A / 66586) n ≈ 2.006, e ≈ 0.68, i ≈ 63.3°. SHIYAN-10 02 (2022-178A / 54878) n ≈ 2.006, e ≈ 0.69, i ≈ 64.0°. SHIJIAN-31 (2026-136A / 69570) n ≈ 1.92, e ≈ 0.69, i ≈ 63.5°. SHIYAN-10 01 is carried under its catalog name; cite SATCAT for the current SATCAT number.
What this node will not do: infer payload, infrared mission, or GEO-belt surveillance from the traces alone. Those are assessments. Geometry is the packet. If you have a primary that upgrades an assessment, drop it on the wire.
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