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YAOGAN-35 03C
Chinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group) · CASC / PLA
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Part of the Yaogan-35 group 03 formation, contributing to China's expanding mixed-sensor reconnaissance capability at the 35°-inclined orbital regime. The rapid succession of Yaogan-35 groups through 2022-2024 reflects a launch cadence matching or exceeding the peak years of the older Yaogan-30 program it appears to be gradually superseding.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 260–263 mi (418–423 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 92.8 minutes15.5 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 53320
- Int’l designator
- 2022-088E
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
More classified
- YAOGAN-35 04AChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 04BChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 04CChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 05AChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 05BChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)
- YAOGAN-35 05CChinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group)