Yaogan · Payload
YAOGAN-3
OperationalPayloadLEO
YAOGAN-3 is a China payload satellite, part of the Yaogan constellation, launched on November 11, 2007 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 11, 2007 at 10:48 PM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan Weixing 3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 597 km
- Periapsis
- 594 km
- Inclination
- 97.82°
- Orbital period
- 96.59 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- China
- Manufacturer
- CAST
- Users
- Government/Military
- Launch mass
- 2,700 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
- Detailed purpose
- Reconnaissance
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2007-055A
- NORAD catalog №
- 32289
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Yaogan
- Radar cross-section
- 5.129 m²
- Status
- Operational
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