YAOGAN 7

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YAOGAN 7 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 36110

Int'l Code: 2009-069A

Perigee: 626.3 km

Apogee: 662.7 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7015 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   25196.63022008  .00000376  00000-0  59968-4 0  9996
2 36110  98.0512  78.8104 0025891  46.0061 314.3277 14.77457018839964

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC