CLASSIFIED
YAOGAN-22
Earth Observation (Dual-Use) · CNSA / PLA
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Part of China's dual-use Yaogan Earth observation series. The complete constellation's combination of optical, SAR, and electronic intelligence variants gives China a multi-domain space-based awareness capability that would have been unimaginable for a non-US nation a decade ago.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 747–752 mi (1,202–1,211 km)
- Inclination
- 100.8°
- One orbit
- 109.4 minutes13.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40275
- Int’l designator
- 2014-063A
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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