YAOGAN-30 M, 43172
Orbit data source: Space-Track
YAOGAN-30 M, 43172 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: 11 hours ago
TLE from 11 hours ago
0 YAOGAN-30 M
1 43172U 18011D 25324.51900373 .00004031 00000-0 30954-3 0 9994
2 43172 34.9984 341.5475 0002319 26.3085 333.7740 15.01253649426694Epoch: 2025-11-20T12:27Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-11-20T12:27:21.922Z)
Latitude
-0.00003°
Longitude
94.9309°
Altitude
560.503 km
Speed
7.584 km/s
True Right ascension
22h 46m 11s
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
20:25:55
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
567.859 km
Perigee altitude
564.638 km
Semi-major axis
6,944.386 km
Eccentricity
0.00023
Inclination
34.9984°
RAAN
341.5475°
Arg. of periapsis
26.3085°
True anomaly
333.76225°
Mean anomaly
333.774°
Eccentric anomaly
333.76813°
Mean motion
3.75053 °/min
Orbital period
95.99 mins
BSTAR
0.00030954
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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 M 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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| 4 mins | 2025-11-21 04:38:29.924Z | 189.273° SSW | 2025-11-21 04:40:29.924Z | 157.584° S | 16.401° | 2025-11-21 04:42:29.924Z | 124.865° SE |
| 5 mins | 2025-11-21 06:19:29.924Z | 219.092° SW | 2025-11-21 06:21:29.924Z | 166.311° S | 30.655° | 2025-11-21 06:24:29.924Z | 108.136° ESE |
| 6 mins | 2025-11-21 07:59:29.924Z | 248.838° W | 2025-11-21 08:02:29.924Z | 181.313° SSW | 32.803° | 2025-11-21 08:05:29.924Z | 120.942° SE |
| 5 mins | 2025-11-21 09:41:29.924Z | 234.137° WSW | 2025-11-21 09:43:29.924Z | 195.428° SSW | 20.53° | 2025-11-21 09:46:29.924Z | 149.853° SSE |
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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