Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 B at a glance.
Uptime
2902
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.0
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
35.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN-30 B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-30 B
International designator: 2017-058B
Object number (NORAD): 42946
Object ID (CCSDS): 42946
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.965 minutes
Inclination: 34.9982 deg
SMA: 6943.363 km
Apoapsis: 566.574 km
Periapsis: 563.881 km
RAAN: 304.8796 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00019389
Argument of periapsis: 355.9602 deg
Mean anomaly: 4.109 deg
Mean motion: 15.00541414 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003496 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00027386581 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:18 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 11:12 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 B
TLE line 1: 1 42946U 17058B 25251.46703507 .00003496 00000-0 27387-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 42946 34.9982 304.8796 0001939 355.9602 4.1090 15.00541414433482
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN-30 B 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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