Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 A at a glance.
Uptime
3000
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: 95.891 minutes
Inclination: 34.998 deg
SMA: 6939.759 km
Apoapsis: 563.128 km
Periapsis: 560.121 km
RAAN: 75.5038 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00021659
Argument of periapsis: 318.191 deg
Mean anomaly: 41.8632 deg
Mean motion: 15.01710222 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00004445 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00033697495 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 6:24 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 14, 2025, 8:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 A
TLE line 1: 1 42945U 17058A 25348.34408582 .00004445 00000-0 33697-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 42945 34.9980 75.5038 0002166 318.1910 41.8632 15.01710222448073
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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