Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 30 at a glance.
Uptime
3395
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.8
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.9
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 30.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 30
International designator: 2016-029A
Object number (NORAD): 41473
Object ID (CCSDS): 41473
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.547 minutes
Inclination: 97.9477 deg
SMA: 7019.433 km
Apoapsis: 653.064 km
Periapsis: 629.532 km
RAAN: 292.4427 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00167618
Argument of periapsis: 92.7738 deg
Mean anomaly: 267.539 deg
Mean motion: 14.76215418 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000934 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00014209214 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 30, 2025, 3:38 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 29, 2025, 11:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 30
TLE line 1: 1 41473U 16029A 25241.97760188 .00000934 00000-0 14209-3 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 41473 97.9477 292.4427 0016762 92.7738 267.5390 14.76215418500705
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 30.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.
YAOGAN 30 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Yaogan-30’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on May 15, 2016, 2:43 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | Yaogan-30
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 15, 2016, 2:43 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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