YAOGAN 16A

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YAOGAN 16A is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 39011

Int'l Code: 2012-066A

Perigee: 916.9 km

Apogee: 1,277.4 km

Inclination: 63.4 °

Period: 107.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7468 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   20092.22251572 -.00000078  00000-0  17911-4 0  9997
2 39011  63.3739  15.0922 0241370  11.4853 349.1546 13.45194318361040

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC