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YAOGAN-35 04B
Chinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Group) · CASC / PLA
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Part of the Yaogan-35 group 04 formation, contributing to China's accelerating deployment of mixed-sensor reconnaissance satellites. The pace of Yaogan-35 group additions through 2023 — several formations within a single year — mirrors the aggressive early buildout tempo China applied to the original Yaogan-30 program in 2017-2018.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 286–289 mi (461–464 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 93.7 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 53524
- Int’l designator
- 2022-100C
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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