Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 30 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
3394
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
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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: 2016-029C
Object number (NORAD): 42677
Object ID (CCSDS): 42677
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.691 minutes
Inclination: 97.9747 deg
SMA: 7169.457 km
Apoapsis: 958.426 km
Periapsis: 624.219 km
RAAN: 18.0797 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02330764
Argument of periapsis: 214.3417 deg
Mean anomaly: 144.2513 deg
Mean motion: 14.30122794 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004538 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0013181039 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Aug. 28, 2025, 11:13 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Aug. 28, 2025, 7:42 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 30 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 42677U 16029C 25240.32110589 .00004538 00000-0 13181-2 0 9992
TLE line 2: 2 42677 97.9747 18.0797 0233076 214.3417 144.2513 14.30122794469985
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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