| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Satellite Yaogan 17A (Remote Sensing Satellite 17A, Yaogan Weixing 17) |
| 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) | 1076 |
| Apogee (km) | 1111 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00234474442285791 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 63.41 |
| Period (minutes) | 107.12 |
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| Date of Launch | 01-09-2013 |
| Expected Lifetime | |
| Contractor | Chinese Academy of Space Technology (CAST) |
| Country of Contractor | China (PR) |
| Launch Site | Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center |
| Launch Vehicle | Long March 4C |
| COSPAR Number | 2013-046A |
| NORAD Number | 39239 |
| Comments | Believed to be equivalent of US. NOSS system |