Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 30 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
3402
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: 100.687 minutes
Inclination: 98.054 deg
SMA: 7169.303 km
Apoapsis: 959.331 km
Periapsis: 623.006 km
RAAN: 91.6755 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02345586
Argument of periapsis: 224.6609 deg
Mean anomaly: 133.5472 deg
Mean motion: 14.30168874 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002982 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00086712493 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 7, 2025, 3:09 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 6, 2025, 7:05 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 30 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42676U 16029B 25249.29553530 .00002982 00000-0 86712-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 42676 98.0540 91.6755 0234559 224.6609 133.5472 14.30168874471462
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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