YAOGAN-30 08C

NORAD 46809· COSPAR 2020-076C· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on Oct 26, 2020 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2C.

Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-07 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 13:49 UTC

Orbit class

LEO — Low Earth Orbit (circular, < 2,000 km)

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Oct 26, 2020

Mass

—

Apogee

572 km

Perigee

564 km

Inclination

35.00°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-30 08C across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.2 km

Rate

-0.01 km/day

Now

564 × 572 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

3 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2020-076 (Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-07).

YAOGAN-30 08A · 46807
YAOGAN-30 08B · 46808
TIANQI-6 · 46810

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