Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 AB at a glance.
Uptime
1544
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 AB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-30 AB
International designator: 2021-055B
Object number (NORAD): 48861
Object ID (CCSDS): 48861
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.965 minutes
Inclination: 34.9946 deg
SMA: 6943.359 km
Apoapsis: 567.605 km
Periapsis: 562.843 km
RAAN: 65.864 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00034295
Argument of periapsis: 147.2377 deg
Mean anomaly: 212.8543 deg
Mean motion: 15.00542646 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003781 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00029596284 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, 1:40 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 AB
TLE line 1: 1 48861U 21055B 25251.56945501 .00003781 00000-0 29596-3 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 48861 34.9946 65.8640 0003429 147.2377 212.8543 15.00542646230814
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 AB.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
The Yaogan-30 is a series of military remote sensing satellites which are launched in triplets. The satellites are spaced by 120° in their orbit.
YAOGAN-30 AB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-09’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on June 18, 2021, 6:30 a.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).
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Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-09
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 18, 2021, 6:30 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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Latest news about this satellite
China launches Chang Zheng 2C with trio of Yaogan-30 satellites
China has successfully launched a Chang Zheng 2C (also known as the Long March 2C) from teh Xichang Satellite Launch Center with three new Yaogan-30 satellites on June 18 at 06:30 UTC / 14:30 local time at the launch site from LC-3 after a 24 hour delay d...
China launches new group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites
China launched a group of classified Yaogan-30 satellites and one commercial satellite on a Long March 2C rocket early Friday.
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