CLASSIFIED
YAOGAN-9 01C
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (JB-8 Founding Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Third satellite completing the original Yaogan-9 triplet, the formation that proved China's naval ocean surveillance triangulation concept in 2010. A full generation of Chinese ELINT satellite triplets — spanning Yaogan-9, 16, 17, 20, 25, and 30 — traces its operational lineage directly back to this founding three-satellite group.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 426–934 mi (685–1,503 km)
- Inclination
- 63.4°
- One orbit
- 107.0 minutes13.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 36415
- Int’l designator
- 2010-009C
- Launched
- 2010
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.