Spacetrack Directory Name | YAOGAN 10 |
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Orbit launches | 2010-08-09 g.02:00 (14 years ago) |
Days in orbit | 5224 |
Starting point | TAISC (Taiyuan Space Center, China) |
Categories | |
Perigee | 625 km |
Apogee | 627 km |
Orbit slope (inclination) | 97.94° |
Laps per day | 15 |
Orbit | LEO (Sun-Synchronous) |
Height YAOGAN 10 | 632.44 km |
Yaogan (Chinese: ????; pinyin: Yáog?n w?ix?ng; literally: 'Remote Sensing Satellite') is a series of Chinese reconnaissance satellites launched in the early 21st century.
Chinese media describe the satellites as intended for "scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring". Western analysts suspect that they are also used for military purposes. Analysts believe that each satellite employs either optical or synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensors and that the SAR satellites are of the Jian Bing-5 series.The SAR satellite was developed by the Shanghai Academy of Space Flight Technology (SAST). The electro-optical digital imaging satellite was developed by the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST). It is carried into space atop a Chang Zheng (Long March) rocket.Yaogan satellites have been launched from both the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in China's northern Shanxi province and the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in China's northwestern Gansu province.
In the table below we show the frequencies YAOGAN 10.
Downlink | Mode |
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2237.994 MHz | FM |
2253.834 MHz | FM |