Yaogan · Payload
YAOGAN-5
DecayedPayloadLEO
YAOGAN-5 is a China payload satellite, part of the Yaogan constellation, launched on December 15, 2008 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 15, 2008 at 03:22 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4B →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan Weixing 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 129 km
- Periapsis
- 114 km
- Inclination
- 97.1°
- Orbital period
- 86.92 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)
- 2008-064A
- NORAD catalog №
- 33456
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Yaogan
- Radar cross-section
- 5.321 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- September 2, 2014
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- September 2, 2014
- Time in service
- 5.7 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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