YAOGAN 29

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YAOGAN 29 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41038

Int'l Code: 2015-069A

Perigee: 634.5 km

Apogee: 635.4 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 97.3 minutes

Semi major axis: 7005 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 26, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

YAOGAN 29 is a Chinese radar reconnaissance satellite. Space experts believe the Yaogan name is a cover for Chinese military satellites, and the details of the launch of Yaogan 29 match three previous rocket launches, which lifted off in 2006, 2007 and 2010 from the same launch site, aboard the same type of booster and placed their payloads into nearly identical orbits. The similarities mean Yaogan 29 is likely a successor to the Yaogan 1, Yaogan 3 and Yaogan 10 satellites, which analysts say carried high-resolution radar mapping instruments for all-weather reconnaissance.

1 41038U 15069A   21027.01797826  .00000041  00000-0  12343-4 0  9991
2 41038  98.0287  20.8467 0000611 102.3607 257.7677 14.80483088279357

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC