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Yaogan 30B
Satellite. Yaogan 30B was launched on September 29, 2017 aboard a Chang Zheng 2C from Xichang. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
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Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Yaogan 30 hao 01 zu 02 xing
- Common name
- Yaogan 30B
- Payload designation
- Chuangxin-5 02 xing
- International designator
- 2017-058B
- NORAD catalog number
- 42946
- GCAT identifier
- S42946
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/898
Mission
- Mission type
- Signals intelligence
- Use
- Defense
- Program
- CX-5
- Owner
- PLA SSF
- Country
- China
- Builder
- Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites, SIMIT
Launch
- Date
- September 29, 2017 · 04:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 2017-058Success
- Rocket
- Chang Zheng 2C
- Spaceport
- Xichang · pad LC3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/I
- Perigee
- 592 km
- Apogee
- 600 km
- Inclination
- 35.00°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- October 2022
- End of operations
- October 2022
Size
- Mass
- 500 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.50 m
- Span
- 1.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q111471124 (CC0).