Amid all those confusions to the 2 Starlink launches (I bet SpaceX will refer them as the x-th batch of sats but official documents have them in reverse), the Chinese is throwing something into the confusion too w/ a LM-3B confirmed launching *tomorrow* ~15:45 UTC from Xichang!
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The confusion is, of course, we don't know what's the thing on board. Some say it's "Tianhui-3". Others say "TJSW-6". In any case NOTAMs point to a usual GTO launch direction. If the rumors are true though, it's not your usual comsat, but the world's 1st geosynchronous radar sat!pic.twitter.com/lcoXfWi6DG
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Those who know about basic principles of synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) will know that the antenna has to move with respect to the target surface to work. Hence such a sat will have to be in an inclined GSO. And Chinese public sources mentions 1 such thing w/ 20m resolution!pic.twitter.com/7McaHfmhaE
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Antwort an @Cosmic_Penguin
Maybe the aim is to track displacements over time rather than topography
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Yup, Big US Navy Fishes (TM) for example. 
Das Laden scheint etwas zu dauern.
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