Registry/124.9°E

Asia-Pacific · East

124.9°E

China Telecom is the registry operator, with 6 satellites on station and no FCC row.

Occupancy ±0.4°: China Satcom 2/6 · China Telecom 1/6 · Chinese Ministry of National Defense 1/6 · RSCC 1/6 · US DoD 1/6. Window majority is not the registry operator.

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

TLE as of 2026-09-23. FCC SSAL stale (2026-04-30). UCS 2023-04-07. Position disagreement.

Occupancy

On station
6 satellites

±0.4° TLE-primary. Majority China Satcom (2/6).

Space-Track TLE (primary) + UCS Satellite Database (fallback) · Sep 23, 2026
Registry operator
China Telecom
Window majority
China Satcom
Operator mix
China Satcom 2/6 · China Telecom 1/6 · Chinese Ministry of National Defense 1/6 · RSCC 1/6 · US DoD 1/6
Country
China
Purpose
Communications
Status
On station
Position source
6 TLE / 0 UCS fallback
Remaining life
Life-extended / past UCS design life · ~-4.2y (n=5)
Coverage proxy
East & Southeast Asia · GDP 1.45 · pop 1.45
Source operator strings (UCS)
  • China Satcom: China Satellite Communication Corp. (China Satcom)
  • China Telecom: China Telecom
  • Chinese Ministry of National Defense: Chinese Ministry of National Defense
  • RSCC: Russian Satellite Communications Company
  • US DoD: US Navy

Co-located satellites (6)

SatelliteLaunched
Express-AM3Dispute
TLE occupancy
2005
Tiantong-1-02
TLE occupancy
2020
Beidou DW 44Dispute
TLE occupancy
2019
Zhongxing 6D (ChinaSat 6D)
TLE occupancy
2022
Zhongxing 26 (Chinasat 26)
TLE occupancy
2023
FLTSATCOM-8 (USA 46)Dispute
TLE occupancy
1989

Rights

License / FCC
foreign operating

No FCC row

FCC SSAL + UCS occupancy · Apr 30, 2026

Recorded rights (FCC)

Recorded public layers only. FCC SSAL when present; otherwise inferred administration/operator. ITU SNS is not ingested. The Unrecorded chip is not a filled filing row.

  1. National administration
    M
    China

    Inferred from operator country (China); not an ITU notifying administration record.

    UCS operator country · Apr 30, 2026
    inferred
  2. Operator license
    M
    China Telecom

    UCS operator China Telecom. No FCC market-access row at this longitude (expected for many non-US administrations and US government birds).

    UCS Satellite Database · Apr 30, 2026
    inferred

Freshness

TLE epoch
2026-09-23

FCC SSAL 2026-04-30 is stale. UCS vintage 2023-04-07.

FCC Approved Space Station List · Apr 30, 2026
Congestion 78 · Critical · 6 co-located
Clarke congestion v0 ← TLE-primary occupancy longitudes · Sep 23, 2026

Labeled model. Not a live market price.

Implied fair value

Fair value (v0)
n/c

Not commercially valued

Clarke valuation v0 (model) · Sep 23, 2026

UCS classifies this satellite's users as "Government". Raw model range $56M–$167M is shown for inspection only.

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

Arc desirabilityEast & Southeast Asia×1.45
Coverage (GDP/pop)East & Southeast Asia · GDP 1.45 · pop 1.45×1.16
Occupancy6 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°)×1.72
Remaining lifeLife-extended / past UCS design life · ~-4.2y (n=5)×0.88
OperatorRegional / other operator×1.05
SpectrumNo band data (UCS-derived)×1.00
ScarcityCongestion score 78×1.39
License / BIUOperating (no FCC market-access row)×1.00
OwnershipUCS classifies this satellite's users as "Government" — not a leasable commercial position; figures below are the model's raw output, not a market estimate×1.00
Driver breakdown is Pro

Full driver breakdown, compare, export+, and API sit behind a Terminal seat.

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.

SlotΔSatsCong.Fair value
124°E0.9°150$83M
123.6°E1.3°255n/c
126.3°E1.4°270n/c
126.4°E1.5°270$78M
123.1°E1.8°145n/c
127°E2.1°370n/c
ExperimentalSeeded v0 model path (not trades)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 SNS is not ingested.

Model backfill. Not observed trades, not a price index.

$99M
2026-09-15 · synthesized · model backfill, not trades

Free seats see a 7-day backfill. Pro unlocks 30-day persisted model path.

ExperimentalUnrecorded layers (ITU SNS not ingested; 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 SNS is not ingested.

Quarantined stubs. Not filled panels. ITU SNS is not ingested in this product. These rows reserve the rights-chain shape; they are not live filings or named lessees.

  1. ITU filing
    S
    Not recorded in Clarke

    ITU SNS is not ingested. This flag is not a network name, not brought-into-use evidence, and not a filled filing row. Quarantined stub. A filled ITU network panel would look like a deed; this row is not one.

    Clarke stub (ITU SNS not ingested) · Apr 30, 2026 · ITU filing: not recorded in Clarke
    stub
  2. 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 · Apr 30, 2026 · Unknown. Not mocked as a named lessee
    stub
ExperimentalSimulated capacity book (not a market)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 SNS is not ingested.

Simulated capacity book

SIMULATED capacity book — not live bids, offers, or trades. Derived from valuation v0 and congestion so the strip can be read; it is not a marketplace.

36 MHz transponder-equivalent · USD (simulated) · spread 8.3% · Sep 23, 2026
No simulated book for non-commercial positions.

Provenance · occupancy TLE-primary Sep 23, 2026 · UCS catalog Apr 7, 2023 · FCC SSAL Apr 30, 2026 · valuation v0 Sep 23, 2026 · snapshots seeded 2026-09-15 (model path, not trades)

Default Terminal is occupancy + FCC + freshness + labeled model. ITU SNS is not ingested (Unrecorded in Clarke). Simulated book, ITU/sub-lease stubs, and seeded sparklines are Experimental. Not financial advice.