YAOGAN 27

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YAOGAN 27 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring
Experimental
Military

NORAD ID: 40878

Int'l Code: 2015-040A

Launch date: August 27, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

YAOGAN 27 is officially designed "for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster prevention" (Xinhua), but analysts believe the spacecraft is intended to operate as a military spy satellite. The commonalities with some other Chinese orbiters likely mean Yaogan 27 is the next in a sequence of optical reconnaissance satellites designed to supply high-resolution imagery to the Chinese military and intelligence agencies.

1 40878U 15040A   26287.22885875  .00000506  00000-0  14454-2 0  9998
2 40878 100.1313 268.5143 0007721 304.0184  56.0196 13.16077176533326

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC