YAOGAN-30 K, 43170
Orbit data source: Space-Track
YAOGAN-30 K, 43170 is a payload satellite owned by PLA SSF (CN) in LEO that was launched on Thu, 25 Jan 2018 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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Identifier
Orbit
Country
CN / PRCRelated business
Manufacturer
SECM
Mission
Operational Defense Sigint
Bus & Motor
Unknown
Mass
~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box + 2 Pan, 0.5 m
Radar Cross Section
0.446 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 3 hours ago
TLE from 3 hours ago
0 YAOGAN-30 K
1 43170U 18011B 25292.00620890 .00006258 00000-0 48332-3 0 9995
2 43170 34.9952 179.2204 0003989 351.4077 8.6562 15.00919899421869Epoch: 2025-10-19T00:08Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-19T00:08:56.448Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
149.25609°
Altitude
560.238 km
Speed
7.585 km/s
True Right ascension
11h 56m 52s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
22:23:50
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
570.048 km
Perigee altitude
564.507 km
Semi-major axis
6,945.415 km
Eccentricity
0.0004
Inclination
34.9952°
RAAN
179.2204°
Arg. of periapsis
351.4077°
True anomaly
8.66308°
Mean anomaly
8.6562°
Eccentric anomaly
8.65964°
Mean motion
3.74969 °/min
Orbital period
96.01 mins
BSTAR
0.00048332
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Other satellites on launch #11 in the year 2018 (2018-01-25 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.YAOGAN-30 K Visibility forecast
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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 | 2025-10-19 21:10:50.865Z | 222.714° SW | 2025-10-19 21:13:50.865Z | 160.002° S | 28.029° | 2025-10-19 21:16:50.865Z | 107.083° ESE |
| 6 mins | 2025-10-19 22:51:50.865Z | 245.777° WSW | 2025-10-19 22:54:50.865Z | 173.137° S | 33.631° | 2025-10-19 22:57:50.865Z | 115.568° SE |
| 5 mins | 2025-10-20 00:33:50.865Z | 234.648° WSW | 2025-10-20 00:35:50.865Z | 190.741° SSW | 23.983° | 2025-10-20 00:38:50.865Z | 142.316° SSE |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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