Yaogan · Payload
YAOGAN-17 01C
OperationalPayloadLEO
YAOGAN-17 01C is a Chinese Ministry of National Defense payload satellite, part of the Yaogan constellation, launched on September 1, 2013 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- September 1, 2013 at 07:16 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Jiuquan, China
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,408 km
- Periapsis
- 770 km
- Inclination
- 63.39°
- Orbital period
- 107.03 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Academy of Satellite Technology (SAST)
- Users
- Military
- Launch mass
- 500 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
- Detailed purpose
- Electronic Intelligence
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2013-046C
- NORAD catalog №
- 39241
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Yaogan
- Radar cross-section
- 2.744 m²
- Status
- Operational
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