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Yaogan 21
Satellite. Yaogan 21 was launched on September 8, 2014 aboard a Chang Zheng 4B from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Yaogan Weixing 21
- Common name
- Yaogan 21
- Payload designation
- Jianbing-10 03 xing
- International designator
- 2014-053A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40143
- GCAT identifier
- S40143
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
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
- September 8, 2014 · 03:22 UTC
- Launch record
- 2014-053Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4B
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 479 km
- Apogee
- 494 km
- Inclination
- 97.42°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,000 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,000 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 Q111471671 (CC0).