YAOGAN 7

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YAOGAN 7 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36110

Int'l Code: 2009-069A

Perigee: 634.6 km

Apogee: 669.1 km

Inclination: 98.3 °

Period: 97.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7022 km

RCS: 3.486 m² (large)

Launch date: December 9, 2009
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

According to Xinhua, YAOGAN 7 will be used for scientific experiments, land resources surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster response applications. But the craft is likely an electro-optical spy satellite to be operated by the Chinese military. Observers believe the Yaogan series, which began launching in 2006, is a new fleet of high-resolution optical and radar reconaissance satellites. The new satellite would be the third Yaogan spacecraft fitted with an optical imager. Yaogan 7 was built by the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp.

1 36110U 09069A   18176.13755269  .00000061  00000-0  17155-4 0  9996
2 36110  98.2530 346.4381 0024571   6.6257 353.5263 14.75134984459869

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC