Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 AE at a glance.
Uptime
1513
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 AE.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-30 AE
International designator: 2021-065C
Object number (NORAD): 49028
Object ID (CCSDS): 49028
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.967 minutes
Inclination: 34.9928 deg
SMA: 6943.465 km
Apoapsis: 565.978 km
Periapsis: 564.681 km
RAAN: 188.5295 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00009341
Argument of periapsis: 225.3448 deg
Mean anomaly: 134.7183 deg
Mean motion: 15.00508285 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003862 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030254244 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 9:49 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 8, 2025, 6:53 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 AE
TLE line 1: 1 49028U 21065C 25251.28713569 .00003862 00000-0 30254-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 49028 34.9928 188.5295 0000934 225.3448 134.7183 15.00508285226227
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 AE.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
NOTE: Payload identity not confirmed. 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 AE was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-10’, on board a Long March 2 space rocket.
The launch took place on July 19, 2021, 12:19 a.m. from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1).
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Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-10
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: July 19, 2021, 12:19 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 tests fairing recovery technologies on Long March 2C launch with four satellites
The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched a Long March/Chang Zheng 2C rocket on July 19 at 00:19 UTC (8:19 AM Beijing time) from LC-3 at the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. The launch carried three Yaogan-30 remote sensing sa...
China launches three more Yaogan spysats
China launched another trio of Yaogan 30 military spy satellites July 19, bringing to 30 the number of similar Chinese spacecraft shot into orbit since 2017 on suspected naval surveillance missions.
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