YAOGAN-30 B, 42946
Orbit data source: Space-Track
YAOGAN-30 B, 42946 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in LEO that was launched on Fri, 29 Sep 2017 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2C launch vehicle from the Xichang Space Center, China (XSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
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TLE from 4 hours ago
0 YAOGAN-30 B
1 42946U 17058B 25200.22825660 .00001957 00000-0 15571-3 0 9990
2 42946 34.9972 256.0308 0002741 279.2421 80.7976 15.00192715425791
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-19T05:28:41.37Z)
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Other satellites on launch #58 in the year 2017 (2017-09-29 UTC)
YAOGAN-30 B Visibility forecast
Observer location: undefined°, undefined°
Span | Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order | Start Az. | Max El. time (UTC) | Max El. Az. | Max El. | End time (UTC) | End Az. |
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6 mins | 2025-07-19 10:39:04.369Z | 246.949° WSW | 2025-07-19 10:42:04.369Z | 173.661° S | 32.979° | 2025-07-19 10:45:04.369Z | 118.619° SE |
5 mins | 2025-07-19 12:21:04.369Z | 233.099° WSW | 2025-07-19 12:23:04.369Z | 192.77° SSW | 21.444° | 2025-07-19 12:26:04.369Z | 147.48° SSE |
4 mins | 2025-07-20 07:17:04.369Z | 188.076° SSW | 2025-07-20 07:19:04.369Z | 149.614° SSE | 19.609° | 2025-07-20 07:21:04.369Z | 117.141° SE |
4 mins | 2025-07-20 08:57:04.369Z | 232.461° WSW | 2025-07-20 08:59:04.369Z | 191.78° SSW | 31.727° | 2025-07-20 09:01:04.369Z | 128.214° SE |
Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs
Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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