YAOGAN-30 09C

NORAD 48425· COSPAR 2021-039C· Active satellite· Military & Reconnaissance· LEO

Launch

Launched on May 6, 2021 from Launch Complex 3 (LC-3/LA-1), China aboard a Long March 2C.

Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-08 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 10:10 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

Chinese Government

Country

China

Manufacturer

—

Launched

May 6, 2021

Mass

—

Apogee

568 km

Perigee

567 km

Inclination

34.99°

Period

1.60 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for YAOGAN-30 09C 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

567 × 568 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 2021-039 (Long March 2C | Yaogan-30-08).

YAOGAN-30 09A · 48423
YAOGAN-30 09B · 48424
TIANQI-12 · 48426

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