CLASSIFIED
2024-153B
Reconnaissance (classified) · PLA (China) — likely Yaogan program
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Believed to be part of the same six-satellite Chinese launch as 60745 (COSPAR 2024-153), matching orbital parameters for the second Yaogan-43 test batch launched September 3, 2024 from Xichang on a Long March 4B. As with its cluster-mates, no specific sensor or mission function has been publicly disclosed for this individual satellite; Chinese state media has described the broader Yaogan-43 program only in general terms as testing technology for a future satellite constellation, and Western trackers list the purpose of the series as unconfirmed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 284–292 mi (457–470 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 93.7 minutes15.4 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60746
- Int’l designator
- 2024-153B
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.