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YAOGAN-30 08B
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Yaogan-30 Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Second satellite of the Yaogan-30 group 08 triplet, part of China's eighth naval ELINT surveillance formation. Publicly, Chinese state media described the Yaogan-30 satellites as serving land survey, agriculture monitoring, and disaster response — a civilian framing that Western intelligence assessments have consistently viewed as cover for the constellation's signals intelligence and naval targeting role.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 353 mi (567–568 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 95.9 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 46808
- Int’l designator
- 2020-076B
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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