CLASSIFIED
2024-153D
Reconnaissance (classified) · PLA (China) — likely Yaogan program
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Believed to be part of the same six-satellite Chinese launch as its cluster-mates (COSPAR 2024-153), matching the second Yaogan-43 test batch launched September 3, 2024 from Xichang on a Long March 4B. As with the rest of the group, no satellite-specific mission or payload details have been made public; the Yaogan-43 series is officially described only as testing technologies for a future low-Earth-orbit constellation, without further elaboration from Chinese state media.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 297–298 mi (478–480 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 94.0 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60748
- Int’l designator
- 2024-153D
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.