Photo: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences · CC BY 4.0
Mission
Government/Top Secret · LEO
The Yaogan 43 Group 01 is a group of Chinese military “remote sensing” satellites of unknown purposes.
What it put in orbit
Passes over you For a few days after launch the 9 satellites fly one behind another, a “train” you can see as a line of moving stars. When will it cross your sky?
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| YAOGAN-43 01A 2024-148A | Payload | 447 × 452 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01B 2024-148B | Payload | 445 × 455 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01C 2024-148C | Payload | 493 × 502 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01D 2024-148D | Payload | 470 × 474 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01E 2024-148E | Payload | 493 × 498 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01F 2024-148F | Payload | 455 × 465 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01G 2024-148G | Payload | 468 × 476 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 01H 2024-148H | Payload | 471 × 480 km · 35.0° | Globe |
Show all 10 objects
| YAOGAN-43 01J 2024-148J | Payload | 443 × 453 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| CZ-4B R/B 2024-148K | Rocket body | re-entered 2024-12-20 |
COSPAR ID 2024-148 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).