Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 AF at a glance.
Uptime
1613
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: 95.904 minutes
Inclination: 34.9959 deg
SMA: 6940.395 km
Apoapsis: 564.181 km
Periapsis: 560.34 km
RAAN: 296.282 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00027669
Argument of periapsis: 143.3177 deg
Mean anomaly: 216.7721 deg
Mean motion: 15.01503869 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003231 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024691816 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 18, 2025, 2:19 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 17, 2025, 11:10 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 AF
TLE line 1: 1 49029U 21065D 25351.96551949 .00003231 00000-0 24692-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 49029 34.9959 296.2820 0002767 143.3177 216.7721 15.01503869241395
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN-30 AF.
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 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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