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YAOGAN-31 02C
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (JB-8 Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Third satellite completing the second Yaogan-31 triplet, launched 2021. With two Yaogan-31 formations now operational alongside the ongoing Yaogan-25 triplet, China's high-altitude ELINT surveillance network had grown to match the geographic ambition, if not the sheer numerical scale, of its lower-altitude Yaogan-30 counterpart.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 595–766 mi (957–1,233 km)
- Inclination
- 63.4°
- One orbit
- 107.0 minutes13.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 47536
- Int’l designator
- 2021-007E
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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