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YAOGAN-35 01C
Chinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group) · CASC / PLA
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Part of the Yaogan-35 (01) satellite group, sharing the 35°-inclination orbital regime established by the Yaogan-30 ELINT program but representing a distinct, more recent generation of Chinese reconnaissance satellites. Yaogan-35 groups are assessed to combine multiple sensor types within a single formation, a more integrated approach than the single-purpose triplets that characterized earlier Yaogan naval surveillance generations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 310–315 mi (499–506 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 94.5 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 49393
- Int’l designator
- 2021-101D
- Launched
- 2021
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More classified
- YAOGAN-35 02AChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 02BChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 03BChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 03CChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 04AChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 04BChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)