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YUNHAI-2 02E
Chinese GNSS Radio Occultation Weather Satellite (2nd Batch) · SAST / Chinese Military (Assessed)
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Fifth satellite of the March 2024 Yunhai-2 (02) sextet, expanding China's radio occultation weather sensing network to twelve total satellites across two coordinated batches. The atmospheric data these satellites collect — while officially framed as civilian disaster prevention and scientific research — is assessed by Western analysts to substantially serve PLA operational weather intelligence requirements as well.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 496–506 mi (798–815 km)
- Inclination
- 50.0°
- One orbit
- 100.9 minutes14.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 59284
- Int’l designator
- 2024-052E
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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