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YAOGAN-43 01J
Chinese Military LEO Constellation Testbed · CASC / PLA
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The final satellite of the nine-spacecraft Yaogan-43 group 01 batch, completing China's largest single-launch military satellite testbed deployment to that point. This experimental nine-satellite architecture set the stage for the smaller follow-on Yaogan-43 batches launched weeks later, suggesting an iterative testing program refining constellation design choices between successive groups.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 284–288 mi (457–464 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 93.7 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60466
- Int’l designator
- 2024-148J
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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- YAOGAN-43 02FChinese Military LEO Constellation Testbed