By country

China's military satellites

overhead24 follows 369 working satellites that GCAT classes as military and gives to China: 266 in low Earth orbit, 35 in medium Earth orbit, 45 in geostationary orbit, 21 in other geosynchronous orbits and 2 in highly elliptical orbits. In the last 30 days the event log recorded 106 orbit changes and 4 approaches involving its military satellites. On 21 October 2026 they were predicted to pass over the fighting in 36 conflict areas 7,306 times, most often over Iran.

By orbit

from each satellite's newest elements
In low Earth orbit266
In medium Earth orbit35
In geostationary orbit45
In other geosynchronous orbits21
In highly elliptical orbits2

By mission

GCAT categories

Signals intelligence

139 working
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Earth observing science

2 working

Orbit changes

last 30 days

Changes in orbit size or tilt between two public element sets larger than that kind of orbit shows between updates: the satellite fired its engines.

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Approaches

last 30 days

Pairs in nearly the same orbit, one of them a military satellite, getting closer: the distance a day before and at the screening.

Geostationary satellites

positions on 21 October 2026
SatelliteLongitudeDrift
TJS-799.5°Wstationed
TJS-1418.4°Estationed
BEIDOU 1158.7°Estationed
TJS-2062.4°Estationed
TJS-2266.5°Estationed
TJS-266.5°Estationed
SHIYAN 12 01 (SY-12 01)68.9°Edrifting east 0.77° a day
SJ-29A73.2°Estationed
SJ-29B73.2°Estationed
BEIDOU 479.5°Estationed
BEIDOU 3 G280.0°Estationed
CHINASAT 1E81.4°Estationed
TJS-483.5°Estationed
BEIDOU 1684.0°Estationed
TJS-1588.7°Estationed
TJS-2490.3°Estationed
TJS-1092.3°Estationed
CHINASAT 2E98.0°Estationed
CHINASAT 2A98.2°Estationed
CHINASAT-3A101.5°Estationed
CHINASAT 2C103.3°Estationed
TJS-26A107.5°Estationed
TJS-5107.6°Estationed
TJS-17110.4°Edrifting west 2.60° a day
BD-2-G7110.5°Estationed
BEIDOU 3 G3110.6°Estationed
TJS-11112.5°Estationed
GAOFEN 13117.9°Estationed
CHINASAT 4A118.2°Estationed
TJS-25120.1°Estationed
YAOGAN-41123.0°Estationed
SJ-25126.8°Estationed
SJ-21127.3°Estationed
CHINASAT 2D130.0°Estationed
CHINASAT 1D130.2°Estationed
TJS-9137.2°Estationed
BEIDOU 3 G4139.9°Estationed
BEIDOU 3140.5°Estationed
BEIDOU 2 G8144.6°Estationed
TJS-12146.5°Estationed
GAOFEN 13 02148.1°Estationed
TJS-1155.0°Estationed
BEIDOU 6160.0°Estationed
BEIDOU 3G1160.1°Estationed
TJS-16160.6°Estationed
TJS-19166.4°Edrifting east 0.65° a day
CHINASAT 3B167.2°Estationed
SHIYAN 12 02 (SY-12 02)174.5°Edrifting east 0.61° a day
TJS-23175.5°Estationed
TJS-3175.6°Estationed
TJS-6178.5°Estationed

Over conflict areas, 21 October 2026

predicted passes

How often China's working military satellites pass over places where UCDP recorded fighting this year, in the UTC day. Arrows: the last 7 days against the 7 before.

Other countries

by working military satellites

China Military class, mission and country: GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0). Working means CelesTrak lists it as operational, partly operational, backup, spare or on an extended mission, or it launched after CelesTrak's last list. Orbits, orbit changes, approaches and geostationary positions: worked out by overhead24 from Space-Track.org elements. Conflict areas: UCDP. See military satellites over conflict areas and how overhead24 works.