YAOGAN 30

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YAOGAN 30 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41473

Int'l Code: 2016-029A

Perigee: 636.0 km

Apogee: 661.2 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 97.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7019 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: May 15, 2016
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

YAOGAN 30 is a Chinese military spy satellite. Officially YAOGAN 30 is a remote sensing satellite that 'will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief.' Western analysts believe the Yaogan satellites series is a fleet of Chinese intelligence-gathering spacecraft. The parameters of Yaogan 30's launch, including its launch site, rocket booster and orbit, match those of five previous launches in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014. Those missions lofted high-resolution optical spy satellites into orbit, and experts believe YAOGAN 30 shares the same purpose.

1 41473U 16029A   23270.16067800  .00001430  00000-0  21390-3 0  9995
2 41473  98.0491 316.8412 0017991 180.9455 179.1724 14.76167255397000

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC