Yaogan · Payload
YAOGAN-8
OperationalPayloadLEO
YAOGAN-8 is a Chinese Ministry of National Defense payload satellite, part of the Yaogan constellation, launched on December 15, 2009 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 15, 2009 at 02:31 AM UTC
- Launch site
- TAISC
- Launched by
- Long March 4C →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Yaogan Weixing 8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 1,258 km
- Periapsis
- 1,226 km
- Inclination
- 100.22°
- Orbital period
- 110.34 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Chinese Ministry of National Defense
- Manufacturer
- Shanghai Academy of Satellite Technology (SAST)
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 1,040 kg
- Design lifetime
- 8 years
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2009-072A
- NORAD catalog №
- 36121
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
China- Constellation
- Yaogan
- Radar cross-section
- 3.025 m²
- Status
- Operational
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