TY 16, TY 17 [Spacety]
Official name OBJECT D
Alternative name Tianyi-17
Cospar ID 2019-087D
Norad ID 44841
Launch date 2019-12-07
Launch site TSC
Launch vehicle Kuaizhou-1A
Country/Organization China
Type application Earth observation
Operator Spacety Aerospace Co.
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date 2022-12-31
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 10
Height (m) 0.3
Width (m) 0.2
Depth (m) 0.2
Span (m^2) 1
Contractors Spacety Aerospace Co.
Equipment Imaging system
Configuration CubeSat (6U)
Power 2 deployable fixed solar arrays, batteries

TY 16 (Tianyi 16) and TY 17 (Tianyi 17) are a pair of commercial earth obseervation nanosatellites developed by Spacety Aerospace Co. at the Changsha Gaoxinqu Tianyi Research Institute, Hunan.

These are medium-resolution remote sensing satellites to carry out satellite data applications such as disaster emergency monitoring, marine maritime applications, agricultural remote sensing services, polar environmental monitoring.

The satellites were built to the 6U CubeSat form factor.

Both were orbited together on a multi-satellite launch on a Kuaizhou-1A rocket in December 2019.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
OBJECT C 2019-087C 2019-12-07 TSC Kuaizhou-1A with HEAD 2A, HEAD 2B, TY 17, Tianqi 4A, Tianqi 4B
OBJECT D 2019-087D 2019-12-07 TSC Kuaizhou-1A with HEAD 2A, HEAD 2B, TY 16, Tianqi 4A, Tianqi 4B