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YAOGAN-30 11C
Chinese ELINT Naval Surveillance (Yaogan-30 Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Third satellite completing the Yaogan-30 group 11 triplet, launched 2023. As China's newer Yaogan-35 and Yaogan-36 mixed-sensor satellite families began appearing at similar orbital altitudes shortly after, group 11 may represent the Yaogan-30 program approaching a natural handoff point to its next-generation naval surveillance successors.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 351–354 mi (565–570 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 95.9 minutes15.0 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49029
- Int’l designator
- 2021-065D
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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