CLASSIFIED
2024-153F
Reconnaissance (classified) · PLA (China) — likely Yaogan program
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Believed to be the final satellite in the same six-object 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. Its individual sensor payload and mission role have not been disclosed; the Yaogan-43 series overall is described by Chinese sources only as testing technology toward a future satellite constellation, leaving its actual function—optical imaging, signals intelligence, or something else entirely—unconfirmed by independent observers.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 300–303 mi (482–488 km)
- Inclination
- 97.7°
- One orbit
- 94.2 minutes15.3 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60750
- Int’l designator
- 2024-153F
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.