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YAOGAN-30 10B
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Yaogan-30 Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Second satellite of the Yaogan-30 group 10 triplet, part of China's tenth naval ELINT surveillance formation. Thirty Yaogan-30 satellites across ten triplets by 2022 gave the constellation coverage density rivaling or exceeding comparable Western and Russian naval ocean surveillance programs developed over far longer operational histories.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 351–355 mi (565–571 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 95.9 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 48861
- Int’l designator
- 2021-055B
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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