Official name | YAOGAN 17C |
Alternative name | Yaogan Weixing 17C (YW-17C) |
Cospar ID | 2013-046C |
Norad ID | 39241 |
Launch date | 2013-09-01 |
Launch site | JSC |
Launch vehicle | CZ-4C |
Country/Organization | China |
Type application | Earth observation |
RCS size | LARGE |
Decay date | ON ORBIT |
Period (min) | 107.04 |
Inclination (deg) | 63.4 |
Perigee (km) | 863 |
Apogee (km) | 1316 |
Eccentricity | 0.207893529141808 |
Mean motion (revs. per day) | 13.4529147982063 |
Semi-Major axis (km) | 7467.635 |
Raan (deg) | 65.4556 |
Arg of perigee (deg) | 6.3139 |
Shape | Box + 2 Pan |
Mass (kg) | 500 |
Height (m) | 0.5 |
Width (m) | 0.5 |
Depth (m) | 0.5 |
Span (m^2) | 1 |
Contractors | CAST |
Power | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
The Chinese Yaogan 9 (Remote Sensing Satellite-9) series consists of remote sensing satellites triplets launched by a CZ-4C rocket from China's Jiuquan space center.
These satellites are likely military ocean surveillance satellites similar to the US Parcae (NOSS) series.
The first triplet was launched on 5 March 2010. A second triplet, called Yaogan 16, was launched on 25 November 2011 and a third one, Yaogan 17 followed on 1 September 2013. The fourth triplet launched on 9 August 2014, Yaogan 20, was likely a replacement for Yaogan 9.
These triplets are likely the Chinese equivalents to the US ocean surveillance NOSS satellites.
The satellites beginning with Yaogan 31 are probably a next generation.
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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YAOGAN 9A | 2010-009A | 2010-03-05 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 9B, Yaogan 9C | |
YAOGAN 9B | 2010-009B | 2010-03-05 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 9A, Yaogan 9C | |
YAOGAN 9C | 2010-009C | 2010-03-05 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 9A, Yaogan 9B | |
YAOGAN 16A | 2012-066A | 2012-11-25 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C | |
YAOGAN 16B | 2012-066B | 2012-11-25 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16C | |
YAOGAN 16C | 2012-066C | 2012-11-25 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B | |
YAOGAN 17A | 2013-046A | 2013-09-01 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 17B, Yaogan 17C | |
YAOGAN 17B | 2013-046B | 2013-09-01 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 17A, Yaogan 17C | |
YAOGAN 17C | 2013-046C | 2013-09-01 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 17A, Yaogan 17B | |
YAOGAN 20A | 2014-047A | 2014-08-09 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20C | |
YAOGAN 20B | 2014-047B | 2014-08-09 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20C | |
YAOGAN 20C | 2014-047C | 2014-08-09 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 20A, Yaogan 20B | |
YAOGAN 25A | 2014-080A | 2014-12-10 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 25B, Yaogan 25C | |
YAOGAN 25B | 2014-080B | 2014-12-10 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 25A, Yaogan 25C | |
YAOGAN 25C | 2014-080C | 2014-12-10 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 25A, Yaogan 25B | |
YAOGAN-31 A | 2018-034A | 2018-04-10 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31B, Yaogan 31C, Weina 1B | |
YAOGAN-31 B | 2018-034B | 2018-04-10 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31A, Yaogan 31C, Weina 1B | |
YAOGAN-31 C | 2018-034C | 2018-04-10 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31A, Yaogan 31B, Weina 1B | |
YAOGAN-31 D | 2021-007A | 2021-01-29 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31E, Yaogan 31F | |
YAOGAN-31 E | 2021-007B | 2021-01-29 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31D, Yaogan 31F | |
YAOGAN-31 F | 2021-007E | 2021-01-29 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31D, Yaogan 31E | |
YAOGAN-31 G | 2021-014A | 2021-02-24 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31H, Yaogan 31I | |
YAOGAN-31 H | 2021-014C | 2021-02-24 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31G, Yaogan 31I | |
YAOGAN-31 J | 2021-014E | 2021-02-24 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31G, Yaogan 31H | |
YAOGAN-31 K | 2021-020A | 2021-03-13 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31K, Yaogan 31L | |
YAOGAN-31 L | 2021-020C | 2021-03-13 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31J, Yaogan 31L | |
YAOGAN-31 M | 2021-020D | 2021-03-13 | JSC | CZ-4C | with Yaogan 31J, Yaogan 31K |