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YAOGAN-39 02A
Chinese Military Reconnaissance (Mixed-Sensor Triplet) · CASC / PLA
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Lead satellite of the second Yaogan-39 triplet, launched barely months after the program's debut — a launch cadence that itself is a signal. China does not rush a second generation of a satellite family unless the first one is already doing exactly what it was built to do.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 314–316 mi (506–509 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 94.6 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 57886
- Int’l designator
- 2023-145A
- Launched
- 2023
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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