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YAOGAN-32 02B
Chinese Military Satellite (Assessed SAR Pair) · CASC / PLA
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Companion satellite completing the second Yaogan-32 pair, launched in 2021. Two generations of Yaogan-32 pairs, each flying in close formation rather than the wider triangulation geometry of ELINT triplets, reinforces the assessment that this sub-series serves a synthetic aperture radar interferometry role within China's broader reconnaissance satellite architecture.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 424–425 mi (683–684 km)
- Inclination
- 98.3°
- One orbit
- 98.3 minutes14.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49384
- Int’l designator
- 2021-099B
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More classified
- YAOGAN-32 AChinese Military Satellite (Assessed SAR Pair)
- YAOGAN-32 BChinese Military Satellite (Assessed SAR Pair)
- YAOGAN-33 01Chinese Military Reconnaissance
- YAOGAN-33 02Chinese Military SAR Reconnaissance
- YAOGAN-33 03Chinese Military SAR Reconnaissance
- YAOGAN-33 04Chinese Military SAR Reconnaissance