| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Yaogan 5 (Remote Sensing Satellite 5, JB 5-C, Jian Bing 5-C) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | China (PR) |
| Operator/Owner | People´s Liberation Army (C41) |
| Users | Government |
| Purpose | Remote Sensing |
| Class of Orbit | LEO |
| Type of Orbit | Sun-Synchronous |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 0 |
| Perigee (km) | 440 |
| Apogee (km) | 450 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000733675715333822 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 97.2 |
| Period (minutes) | 93.5 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 2700 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 15-12-2008 |
| Expected Lifetime | |
| Contractor | China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. |
| Country of Contractor | China (PR) |
| Launch Site | Taiyuan Launch Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Long March 4B |
| COSPAR Number | 2008-064A |
| NORAD Number | 33456 |
| Comments | Data collection and transmission involving land resources surveys, environmental surveillance and protection, urban planning, crop yield estimates, disaster prevention and reduction, and space science experiments. |