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YAOGAN-30 04C
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Yaogan-30 Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Third satellite completing the Yaogan-30 group 04 triplet, launched January 2018. After this fourth deployment, China paused Yaogan-30 launches for over a year — the program's rapid four-triplet debut giving way to a more measured, multi-year cadence for subsequent groups.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 350–355 mi (564–572 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 95.9 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 43083
- Int’l designator
- 2017-085C
- Launched
- 2017
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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