Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Satellite Yaogan 12 (Remote Sensing Satellite 12) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
China (PR) |
Operator/Owner |
People´s Liberation Army (C41) |
Users |
Military |
Purpose |
Remote Sensing |
Class of Orbit |
LEO |
Type of Orbit |
Sun-Synchronous |
Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
0 |
Perigee (km) |
487 |
Apogee (km) |
496 |
Eccentricity |
0.00065583327260803 |
Inclination (degrees) |
97.4 |
Period (minutes) |
94.4 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
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Dry Mass (kg.) |
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Power (watts) |
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Date of Launch |
09-11-2011 |
Expected Lifetime |
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Contractor |
Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) |
Country of Contractor |
China (PR) |
Launch Site |
Taiyuan Launch Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Long March 4B |
COSPAR Number |
2011-066B |
NORAD Number |
37875 |
Comments |
Remote sensing; help with crop estimates and diasaster alert/remedy; believed to actually be a military radar satellite. |