26 March 2025 year Fr. 15:55 (UTC) from the center of launch of satellites Sichan, China, using a launch vehicle «Long March 3B/E» Chinese CA was launched «Tianlian 2-04».
«Tianlian 2-04» - This is the fourth geostationary of the second generation of the Chinese group "Tianlian». Satellites are designed to relay data and ensure continuous communication between land stations and spacecraft, In particular, manned ships and orbital station "Tiangun".
System «Tianlian 2»Different from the previous series «Tianlian 1» Improved data transmission capabilities, increased bandwidth and wider coating.
As of March 2025 year, In geostationary orbit is eight Chinese satellites of the series'Tianlian». Five of them belong to the first generation «Tianlian 1» Running from 2008 by 2021 year, and three second -generation satellites «Tianlian 2» Running from 2019 and 2022 year.
According to the CCS