104.4°E

Chinese Ministry of National Defense is the registry operator, with 4 satellites on station and no FCC row.

Occupancy ±0.4°: Chinese Ministry of National Defense 3/4 · China Meteorological Administration 1/4.

On stationUnrecorded in ClarkeOperating (no FCC market-access row)

TLE epoch 2026-10-20. FCC 2026-09-27. UCS 2023-04-07. Position disagreement.

Occupancy

On station

4 satellites

±0.4° TLE-primary. Majority Chinese Ministry of National Defense (3/4).

Data as of 2026-10-20 · Space-Track TLE (primary) + UCS Satellite Database (fallback)

Registry operator: Chinese Ministry of National Defense
Window majority: Chinese Ministry of National Defense
Operator mix: Chinese Ministry of National Defense 3/4 · China Meteorological Administration 1/4
Country: China
Purpose: Navigation/Global Positioning
Status: On station
Position source: 3 TLE / 1 UCS fallback
Remaining life: Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-5.5y (n=3)
Coverage proxy: South & Central Asia · GDP 1.20 · pop 1.60

Co-located satellites (4)

Satellite	Operator	Purpose	UCS lon	TLE lon	Δ	TLE epoch	Launched
Beidou IGSO-5 (Compass G-10) UCS fallback	Chinese Ministry of National Defense	Navigation/Global Positioning	104.2°E	—	—	—	2011
Beidou IGSO-1 (Compass G-5)Dispute TLE occupancy	Chinese Ministry of National Defense	Navigation/Global Positioning	118.0°E	104.4°E	13.6°	2026-10-20 (2d)	2010
Fengyun 4B (FY 4B)Dispute TLE occupancy	China Meteorological Administration	Meteorology	123.8°E	104.7°E	19.1°	2026-10-20 (2d)	2021
Beidou DW 44Dispute TLE occupancy	Chinese Ministry of National Defense	Navigation/Global Positioning	110.0°E	104.7°E	5.3°	2026-10-20 (2d)	2019

Rights

License / FCC

foreign operating

No FCC row

FCC SSAL + UCS occupancy · Sep 27, 2026

Recorded rights (FCC)

Recorded public layers only. FCC SSAL when present; otherwise inferred administration/operator. ITU filings are not in this product. ITU Space Explorer is the current ITU source.

National administration
M
China
Inferred from operator country (China); not an ITU notifying administration record.
UCS operator country · Sep 27, 2026
inferred
Operator license
M
Chinese Ministry of National Defense
UCS operator Chinese Ministry of National Defense. No FCC market-access row at this longitude (expected for many non-US administrations and US government birds).
UCS Satellite Database · Sep 27, 2026
inferred

Freshness

TLE epoch

2026-10-20

TLE epoch is within 45 days. FCC 2026-09-27 · UCS 2023-04-07.

FCC Approved Space Station List · Sep 27, 2026

Congestion 73 · High · 4 co-located

Clarke congestion v0 ← TLE-primary occupancy longitudes · Oct 21, 2026

Labeled modelImplied value, comps, and model pathNot occupancy or rights

Modeled dollars from valuation v0. Not a live market price, not a trade, and not an FCC or ITU record.

Implied fair value

Fair value (v0)

n/c

Not commercially valued

Clarke valuation v0 (model) · Oct 21, 2026

UCS classifies this satellite's users as "Military/Government". Raw model range $44M–$133M is shown for inspection only.

No trade tape. Seeded model-path sparklines are Experimental, not default Terminal.

Arc desirability	South & Central Asia	×1.40
Coverage (GDP/pop)	South & Central Asia · GDP 1.20 · pop 1.60	×1.13
Occupancy	4 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°)	×1.48
Remaining life	Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-5.5y (n=3)	×0.88
Operator	Regional / other operator	×1.05
Spectrum	No band data (UCS-derived)	×1.00
Scarcity	Congestion score 73	×1.37
License / BIU	Operating (no FCC market-access row)	×1.00
Ownership	UCS classifies this satellite's users as "Military/Government" — not a leasable commercial position; figures below are the model's raw output, not a market estimate	×1.00

Driver breakdown is Pro

Driver breakdown, compare, and export sit on a paid seat. Registry access is free.

Pricing Sign in

Valuation v0 is a model-based implied fair-value range from public registry data, not a live market price, appraisal, or offer to transact. Methodology · Valuation v0 · Data trust

Nearest comps

Positions outside this slot's ±0.4° occupancy window. Not transaction comps.

Slot	Operator	Δ	Sats	Cong.	Fair value
104.8°E	1Worldspace	0.4°	5	75	$96M
104.9°E	Chinese Ministry of National Defense	0.5°	4	70	n/c
103.5°E	China Satcom	0.9°	1	50	$83M
105.3°E	AsiaSat	0.9°	2	55	$93M
105.5°E	AsiaSat	1.1°	3	63	$103M
105.7°E	China National Academy of Sciences (CNSAS)	1.3°	4	68	n/c

Model path

Seeded v0 path. Not observed trades, not a price index.

$89M

2026-10-21 · synthesized · model backfill, not trades

This chart shows 7 days of the model path. Pricing

ExperimentalUnrecorded layers (ITU filings are not in this product; sub-lease stub)Not default Terminal

This block is quarantined from the default Slot Terminal. It is a labeled stub or simulation, not recorded public occupancy or FCC data, and it is not a market. ITU filings are not in this product.

Quarantined stubs. ITU filings are not in this product. ITU Space Explorer is the current ITU source. These rows reserve the rights-chain shape; they are not live filings or named lessees.

ITU filing
S
Not recorded in Clarke
ITU filings are not in this product. ITU Space Explorer is the current ITU source. SNS Online shut down in January 2025. Quarantined stub. A filled ITU network panel would look like a deed; this row is not one.
Clarke stub (ITU filings are not in this product) · Sep 27, 2026 · ITU filing: not recorded in Clarke
stub
Sub-lease / capacity lease
S
No public sub-lease registry
Quarantined stub. There is no public feed of transponder or payload sub-leases. This layer is reserved for operator-disclosed or future marketplace filings and is not a named lessee.
Clarke stub · Sep 27, 2026 · Unknown. Not mocked as a named lessee
stub

Cite this

Clarke slot record, 104.4°E (104-4e). https://www.clarkebelt.finance/orbital/104-4e. Data vintage: UCS file vintage 2023-04-07, FCC as-of 2026-09-27, TLE epoch 2026-10-20. Accessed the day you open this page.