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YAOGAN-30 09C
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Yaogan-30 Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Third satellite completing the Yaogan-30 group 09 triplet, launched 2021. Each additional Yaogan-30 triplet compounds the constellation's total value — more satellites mean shorter gaps between successive triangulation opportunities over any given stretch of contested Pacific waters.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 352–354 mi (566–569 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 95.9 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 48425
- Int’l designator
- 2021-039C
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More classified
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- YAOGAN-30 11BChinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Yaogan-30 Triplet)
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