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Yaogan 12
Satellite. Yaogan 12 was launched on November 9, 2011 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Yaogan Weixing 12
- Common name
- Yaogan 12
- Payload designation
- Jianbing-10 02 xing
- International designator
- 2011-066B
- NORAD catalog number
- 37875
- GCAT identifier
- S37875
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/649
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- JB-10
- Owner
- PLA GAD
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Chinese Academy of Space Technology, Beijing (CASC 5th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- JB-10
Launch
- Date
- November 9, 2011 · 03:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 2011-066Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 483 km
- Apogee
- 491 km
- Inclination
- 97.42°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 2,700 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,700 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 2.00 m
- Span
- 8.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111472020 (CC0).