96.8°E

Chinese Ministry of National Defense is the registry operator, with 2 satellites on station and no FCC row.

Occupancy ±0.4°: Chinese Ministry of National Defense 1/2 · RSCC 1/2.

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

TLE epoch 2026-10-21. FCC 2026-09-27. UCS 2023-04-07. Position disagreement.

Occupancy

On station

2 satellites

±0.4° TLE-primary. Majority Chinese Ministry of National Defense (1/2).

Data as of 2026-10-21 · 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 1/2 · RSCC 1/2
Country: —
Purpose: Navigation/Global Positioning
Status: On station
Position source: 2 TLE / 0 UCS fallback
Remaining life: Late life · ~2.2y remaining (n=2)
Coverage proxy: South & Central Asia · GDP 1.20 · pop 1.60

Source operator strings (UCS)

Chinese Ministry of National Defense: Chinese Ministry of National Defense
RSCC: Russian Satellite Communications Company

Co-located satellites (2)

Satellite	Operator	Purpose	UCS lon	TLE lon	Δ	TLE epoch	Launched
Express-80Dispute TLE occupancy	RSCC	Communications	80.0°E	96.5°E	16.5°	2026-10-21 (1d)	2020
Beidou 3I-1SDispute TLE occupancy	Chinese Ministry of National Defense	Navigation/Global Positioning	107.5°E	96.8°E	10.6°	2026-10-20 (2d)	2015

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
Unknown administration
No administration on file.
UCS operator country · Sep 27, 2026
unknown
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

2026-10-21

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

FCC Approved Space Station List · Sep 27, 2026

Congestion 58 · High · 2 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 $38M–$115M 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	2 co-located satellites (TLE-primary ±0.4°)	×1.24
Remaining life	Late life · ~2.2y remaining (n=2)	×0.96
Operator	Regional / other operator	×1.05
Spectrum	No band data (UCS-derived)	×1.00
Scarcity	Congestion score 58	×1.29
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
97.3°E	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation	0.5°	1	35	n/c
97.9°E	China Satcom	1.1°	3	48	$107M
98°E	China Satcom	1.2°	3	48	$107M
95.4°E	Chinese Ministry of National Defense	1.4°	3	65	n/c
98.2°E	People's Liberation Army (C41)	1.4°	3	48	n/c
95.3°E	Ministry of Defense/Paradigm Secure Communications (wholly owned by EADS Astrium)	1.5°	5	73	n/c

Model path

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

$77M

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, 96.8°E (96-8e). https://www.clarkebelt.finance/orbital/96-8e. Data vintage: UCS file vintage 2023-04-07, FCC as-of 2026-09-27, TLE epoch 2026-10-20 to 2026-10-21. Accessed the day you open this page.