YAOGAN 16C

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YAOGAN 16C is classified as:

Yaogan

NORAD ID: 39013

Int'l Code: 2012-066C

Perigee: 791.6 km

Apogee: 1,400.8 km

Inclination: 63.4 °

Period: 107.0 minutes

Semi major axis: 7467 km

RCS: 3.023 m² (large)

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

YAOGAN 16C 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 39013U 12066C   25193.15717578 -.00000044  00000-0  48213-4 0  9993
2 39013  63.3584  87.4169 0407952  23.7354 338.1912 13.45448187620430

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC