YAOGAN 13

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YAOGAN 13 is classified as:

Military
Yaogan

NORAD ID: 37941

Int'l Code: 2011-072A

Perigee: 507.0 km

Apogee: 511.1 km

Inclination: 97.6 °

Period: 94.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6880 km

RCS: 3.7655 m² (large)

Launch date: November 29, 2011
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

YAOGAN 13 is a remote sensing satellite. The Yaogan series of satellites gather optical and radar reconnaissance imagery for Chinese military and intelligence agencies. Yaogan 13 may carry a synthetic aperture radar sensor to peer through clouds for all-weather, night-and-day image collection.

1 37941U 11072A   22177.80651612  .00005123  00000-0  23219-3 0  9994
2 37941  97.6322 128.0651 0002960  44.3880  11.6273 15.21309074586227

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC