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YAOGAN-30 L, 43171

Orbit data source: Space-Track

YAOGAN-30 L, 43171 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

43171, 2018-011C

Orbit

LEO

Country

CN / PRC

Related business

Strategic Support Troops (CN)

Manufacturer

SECM

Mission

Operational Defense Sigint

Bus & Motor

Unknown

Mass

~500 kg wet, ~500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-01-25 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2C

Launch site

Xichang Space Center, China (XSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 0.5 m

Radar Cross Section

0.446 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 6 hours ago

TLE from 6 hours ago

0 YAOGAN-30 L
1 43171U 18011C   26125.97302676  .00002849  00000-0  21233-3 0  9990
2 43171  34.9959  47.9680 0002294 299.6949  60.3531 15.02513017451863

Epoch: 2026-05-05T23:21Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-05T23:21:09.512Z)

Latitude

0.00002°

Longitude

-166.1618°

Altitude

557.28 km

Speed

7.586 km/s

True Right ascension

03h 11m 52s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

13:16:04

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

563.964 km

Perigee altitude

560.78 km

Semi-major axis

6,940.509 km

Eccentricity

0.00023

Inclination

34.9959°

RAAN

47.968°

Arg. of periapsis

299.6949°

True anomaly

60.37595°

Mean anomaly

60.3531°

Eccentric anomaly

60.36452°

Mean motion

3.75367 °/min

Orbital period

95.91 mins

BSTAR

0.00021233

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Other satellites on launch #11 in the year 2018 (2018-01-25 UTC)

YAOGAN-30 M, 43172

WEINA 1A, 43169

YAOGAN-30 K, 43170

CZ-2C R/B, 43173 (Decayed)

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YAOGAN-30 L 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.
4 mins	2026-05-06 21:54:12.554Z	183.527° SSW	2026-05-06 21:56:12.554Z	151.562° SSE	15.329°	2026-05-06 21:58:12.554Z	121.338° SE
6 mins	2026-05-06 23:34:12.554Z	224.718° SW	2026-05-06 23:36:12.554Z	185.073° SSW	29.22°	2026-05-06 23:40:12.554Z	105.17° ESE
6 mins	2026-05-07 01:15:12.554Z	243.832° WSW	2026-05-07 01:17:12.554Z	200.132° SSW	32.539°	2026-05-07 01:21:12.554Z	116.458° SE
5 mins	2026-05-07 02:56:12.554Z	240.593° WSW	2026-05-07 02:58:12.554Z	204.121° SW	21.514°	2026-05-07 03:01:12.554Z	151.8° SSE

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YAOGAN-30 L, 43171

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 6 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-05-05T23:21:09.512Z)

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YAOGAN-30 L Visibility forecast

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