YAOGAN 16A

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YAOGAN 16A is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 39011

Int'l Code: 2012-066A

Perigee: 791.4 km

Apogee: 1,400.9 km

Inclination: 63.4 °

Period: 107.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7467 km

RCS: 2.894 m² (large)

Launch date: November 25, 2012
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

YAOGAN 16A was designed by the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp., a state-owned space contractor. The satellite is designed for a variety of uses, including technological experimentation, land resource surveying, agricultural yield estimation and disaster prevention and reduction. China's naval observation satellites are the counterpart to the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office's Naval Ocean Surveillance System, or NOSS, which include two or three formation-flying satellites in similar orbits. China's Yaogan satellites are likely run by the Chinese military, according to Western analysts.

1 39011U 12066A   25199.62176020 -.00000056  00000-0  35355-4 0  9996
2 39011  63.3571  71.0663 0408123  24.4594 337.5207 13.45462010621260

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC