Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 AC at a glance.
Uptime
1480
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 AC.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-30 AC
International designator: 2021-055D
Object number (NORAD): 48863
Object ID (CCSDS): 48863
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.991 minutes
Inclination: 34.9959 deg
SMA: 6944.623 km
Apoapsis: 568.751 km
Periapsis: 564.225 km
RAAN: 92.4338 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003258
Argument of periapsis: 8.7057 deg
Mean anomaly: 351.3706 deg
Mean motion: 15.00132958 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000209 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00016644 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 8:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 AC
TLE line 1: 1 48863U 21055D 25187.85220308 .00002090 00000-0 16644-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 48863 34.9959 92.4338 0003258 8.7057 351.3706 15.00132958220962
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 AC.
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 AC 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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