YAOGAN 16B

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YAOGAN 16B is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 39012

Int'l Code: 2012-066B

Perigee: 956.4 km

Apogee: 1,238.0 km

Inclination: 63.4 °

Period: 107.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7468 km

RCS: 2.9144 m² (large)

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

YAOGAN 16B 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 39012U 12066B   18230.48284369  .00000014  00000-0  15931-3 0  9995
2 39012  63.3761  97.1901 0188488   8.0269 352.3700 13.45175745281454

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC