| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Satellite Yaogan 15 (Remote Sensing Satellite 15) |
| 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) | 1201 |
| Apogee (km) | 1207 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00039609189331925 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 100.2 |
| Period (minutes) | 109.5 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 1040 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 29-05-2012 |
| Expected Lifetime | |
| Contractor | Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) |
| Country of Contractor | China (PR) |
| Launch Site | Taiyuan Launch Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Long March 4C |
| COSPAR Number | 2012-029A |
| NORAD Number | 38354 |
| Comments | Xinhua gave the objectives as "mainly used for scientific experiments, land resources survey, crop yield estimation of production and disaster prevention and mitigation". |