Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 AF 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 AF.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN-30 AF
International designator: 2021-065D
Object number (NORAD): 49029
Object ID (CCSDS): 49029
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.969 minutes
Inclination: 34.994 deg
SMA: 6943.518 km
Apoapsis: 568.533 km
Periapsis: 562.234 km
RAAN: 186.8787 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00045359
Argument of periapsis: 310.4168 deg
Mean anomaly: 49.6143 deg
Mean motion: 15.00491043 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003691 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00028934012 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, 12:47 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 AF
TLE line 1: 1 49029U 21065D 25251.53298508 .00003691 00000-0 28934-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 49029 34.9940 186.8787 0004536 310.4168 49.6143 15.00491043226296
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 AF.
In-orbit conjunctions
There are no conjunctions computed for YAOGAN-30 AF, at the moment. Check back to stay up to date, as we update our databases every day.
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 AF 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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