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YAOGAN-43 02F
Chinese Military LEO Constellation Testbed · CASC / PLA
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The final satellite of the six-spacecraft Yaogan-43 group 02 batch. Together with the earlier nine-satellite group, fifteen Yaogan-43 satellites had reached orbit within a single month in 2024, an unusually rapid testbed deployment cadence for a program whose ultimate operational purpose remains publicly unconfirmed.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 314–316 mi (506–508 km)
- Inclination
- 35.0°
- One orbit
- 94.6 minutes15.2 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 60950
- Int’l designator
- 2024-156F
- Launched
- 2024
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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- YAOGAN-43 03BChinese Military LEO Constellation Testbed (Triplet)
- YAOGAN-43 03CChinese Military LEO Constellation Testbed (Triplet)
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- YAOGAN-47Chinese Military Reconnaissance (Conventional LEO Imaging)