Yaogan 11 (JB-6 3)
Official name YAOGAN 30
Alternative name Yaogan Weixing 30
Cospar ID 2016-029A
Norad ID 41473
Launch date 2016-05-15
Launch site JSC
Launch vehicle CZ-2D (2)
Country/Organization China
Type application Earth observation
RCS size LARGE
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 97.55
Inclination (deg) 98.01
Perigee (km) 630
Apogee (km) 653
Eccentricity 0.0179267342166797
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.7616606868273
Semi-Major axis (km) 7019.635
Raan (deg) 208.5953
Arg of perigee (deg) 92.9431
Shape Box + 2 Pan
Mass (kg) 800
Height (m) 2
Width (m) 1.5
Depth (m) 1.5
Span (m^2) 4
Contractors CAST
Configuration CAST2000 bus ?
Power 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries

The Yaogan 2 (Remote Sensing Satellite-2) government remote sensing satellite, likely also used as a military reconnaissance satellite, was launched by CZ-2D (2) rocket from China's Jiuquan space center on 25 May 2007. It is an optical complement to the SAR-equipped Yaogan 1 satellite.

Yaogan 4 was launched on 1 December 2008. The third, Yaogan 7 followed on 9 December 2009. A fourth, Yaogan 11, was launched on 22 September 2010.

The fifth satellite, Yaogan 24, which might possibly mark the beginning of an improved version, was put into orbit on 20 November 2014.

Yaogan 30 was launched on 15 May 2016. The orbital characteristics hint, that it is also part of the Yaogan-2 family. Unlike the other satellites, four launches with each a triplet of small satellites also called Yaogan 30-01 to 30-4 were launched shortly after, reportedly working together with Yaogan 30.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
YAOGAN 2 2007-019A 2007-05-25 JSC CZ-2D (2) with ZDPS 1
YAOGAN 4 2008-061A 2008-12-01 JSC CZ-2D (2)
YAOGAN 7 2009-069A 2009-12-09 JSC CZ-2D (2)
YAOGAN 11 2010-047A 2010-09-22 JSC CZ-2D (2) with ZDPS 1A-1, ZDPS 1A-2
YAOGAN 24 2014-072A 2014-11-20 JSC CZ-2D (2)
YAOGAN 30 2016-029A 2016-05-15 JSC CZ-2D (2)