Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN-30 AF at a glance.
Uptime
1450
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: 95.993 minutes
Inclination: 34.9931 deg
SMA: 6944.688 km
Apoapsis: 569.003 km
Periapsis: 564.103 km
RAAN: 215.6075 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0003528
Argument of periapsis: 132.7905 deg
Mean anomaly: 227.31 deg
Mean motion: 15.00111944 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001658 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013258 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 12:21 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN-30 AF
TLE line 1: 1 49029U 21065D 25187.51484805 .00001658 00000-0 13258-3 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 49029 34.9931 215.6075 0003528 132.7905 227.3100 15.00111944216679
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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