Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 A at a glance.
Uptime
2781
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
35.0
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN-30 A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-30 A
International designator: 2017-058A
Object number (NORAD): 42945
Object ID (CCSDS): 42945
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.007 minutes
Inclination: 34.9978 deg
SMA: 6945.365 km
Apoapsis: 569.38 km
Periapsis: 565.08 km
RAAN: 316.443 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003096
Argument of periapsis: 247.301 deg
Mean anomaly: 112.737 deg
Mean motion: 14.99892571 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003813 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030356 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 10:09 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 A
TLE line 1: 1 42945U 17058A 25130.92340811 .00003813 00000-0 30356-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 42945 34.9978 316.4430 0003096 247.3010 112.7370 14.99892571415390
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN-30 A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C | 3 x Yaogan-30-01’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 29, 2017, 4:21 a.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).
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Long March 2C | 3 x Yaogan-30-01
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 29, 2017, 4:21 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2
Launch pad: Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1)
Location: Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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