YAOGAN 6

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YAOGAN 6 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 34839

Int'l Code: 2009-021A

Perigee: 473.4 km

Apogee: 511.8 km

Inclination: 97.0 °

Period: 94.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 6863 km

RCS: 3.6853 m² (large)

Launch date: April 22, 2009
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

YAOGAN 6 is a Chinese clandestine remote sensing satellite. China will use this satellite for land resource surveys, environmental surveillance, urban planning, crop yield estimates, disaster response, and space science experiments. But Western analysts believe the spacecraft is actually a military reconnaissance satellite, possibly outfitted with a night-vision, cloud-piercing radar that can observe objects on the ground during darkness and all weather conditions. The Yaogan series is likely a cover for a fleet of spy satellites carrying radars and digital optical observation equipment.

1 34839U 09021A   20023.77377379  .00000344  00000-0  15535-4 0  9990
2 34839  97.0424  40.4133 0028024 176.6409 183.5024 15.26777559597580

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC