Yaogan · Payload
YAOGAN-6
DecayedPayloadLEO
YAOGAN-6 is a Chinese Ministry of National Defense payload satellite, part of the Yaogan constellation, launched on April 22, 2009 into LEO. It has since re-entered the atmosphere.
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Launch
- Launch date
- April 22, 2009 at 02:55 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 2C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan Weixing 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 134 km
- Periapsis
- 119 km
- Inclination
- 97.17°
- Orbital period
- 87.02 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Academy of Satellite Technology (SAST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 2,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-021A
- NORAD catalog №
- 34839
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Yaogan
- Radar cross-section
- 3.1068 m²
- Status
- Decayed
- Decay / reentry
- June 17, 2025
End of mission
- Last active / ended
- June 17, 2025
- Time in service
- 16.2 years
- Fate
- Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
- Final status
- Decayed
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