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Yaogan 27
Satellite. Yaogan 27 was launched on August 27, 2015 aboard a Chang Zheng 4C from Taiyuan. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2015-040ANORAD 40878China
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Yaogan Weixing 27
- Common name
- Yaogan 27
- Payload designation
- Jianbing-9 05 xing
- International designator
- 2015-040A
- NORAD catalog number
- 40878
- GCAT identifier
- S40878
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/789
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- JB-9
- Owner
- PLA GAD
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (CASC 8th Acad)
- Platform (bus)
- JB-9
Launch
- Date
- August 27, 2015 · 02:31 UTC
- Launch record
- 2015-040Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 4C
- Spaceport
- Taiyuan · pad LC9
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 1,194 km
- Apogee
- 1,206 km
- Inclination
- 100.50°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- July 2022
Size
- Mass
- 1,040 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,040 kg
- Length
- 1.5 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 5.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471550 (CC0).