Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 30 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
3341
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 30 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: YAOGAN 30 DEB
International designator: 2016-029B
Object number (NORAD): 42676
Object ID (CCSDS): 42676
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.701 minutes
Inclination: 98.0597 deg
SMA: 7169.935 km
Apoapsis: 962.009 km
Periapsis: 621.591 km
RAAN: 35.6288 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0237393
Argument of periapsis: 45.5813 deg
Mean anomaly: 316.4533 deg
Mean motion: 14.29979934 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001218 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00036041 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:15 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 30 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42676U 16029B 25188.84423687 .00001218 00000-0 36041-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 42676 98.0597 35.6288 0237393 45.5813 316.4533 14.29979934462824
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 30 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object YAOGAN 30 DEB.
Associated space launch
The satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.
YAOGAN 30 DEB 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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