YAOGAN 28

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YAOGAN 28 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41026

Int'l Code: 2015-064A

Perigee: 497.6 km

Apogee: 503.9 km

Inclination: 97.2 °

Period: 94.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 6871 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: November 8, 2015
Source: People's Republic of China (PRC)
Launch site: Taiyaun Space Center, China (TSC)

YAOGAN 28 is a government-owned surveillance satellite. Officially, the satellite will be used for experiments, land surveys, crop yield estimates and disaster relief, but it is believed that Yaogan codename is a cover for Chinese military spy satellites, and the specifics of Yaogan 28's launch match a mission launched in May 2012, which took off at the same launch time - to the minute - with the same type of Long March 4B rocket from Taiyuan. Western experts believe the Yaogan 28 satellite, and its predecessor Yaogan 14 launched in 2012, are high-resolution optical reconnaissance missions.

1 41026U 15064A   24142.19718127  .00016477  00000-0  68069-3 0  9995
2 41026  97.2072 293.5823 0004547 260.5582  99.5142 15.24066160475379

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC