Photo: Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences · CC BY 4.0
Mission
Government/Top Secret · LEO
The Yaogan 43 Group 02 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 6 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 02A 2024-156A | Payload | 375 × 380 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 02B 2024-156B | Payload | 495 × 498 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 02C 2024-156C | Payload | 495 × 498 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 02D 2024-156D | Payload | 493 × 500 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 02E 2024-156E | Payload | 493 × 499 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| YAOGAN-43 02F 2024-156F | Payload | 495 × 498 km · 35.0° | Globe |
| CZ-4B R/B 2024-156G | Rocket body | re-entered 2025-03-09 |
COSPAR ID 2024-156 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).