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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 2CLaunch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Yaogan 13
Launched
November 29, 2011 · 18:50 UTC
Summary
Yaogan 13 launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 2C from Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on November 29, 2011 at 18:50 UTC. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 98th launch, 16th this year and humanity's 5,181st orbital launch attempt. It was the 23rd Long March 2C flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO). Yaogan Weixing 13, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 359 × 532 km orbit inclined 97.3°. 6 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO)
- Milestone
- 23rd Long March 2C flight · 4th this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 98th launch16th this yearhumanity's 5,181st orbital launch attempt75th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yaogan Weixing 13 · NORAD 37941 · 2011-072 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2011-072A
- Epoch
- 2011-11-29 21:24:35 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.42554943 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0126802
- Inclination
- 97.2769°
- Ascending node
- 277.536°
- Arg. of perigee
- 315.2461°
- Mean anomaly
- 43.917°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: SSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
6 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 4 components; none still in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 13 · NORAD 37941 · re-entered February 22, 2025
CZ-2C Y20 Stage 2 · re-entered March 19, 2014
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Yaogan 13 was a Chinese satellite officially described as a remote-sensing spacecraft for land surveys and disaster relief, assessed by observers to be a synthetic-aperture-radar reconnaissance satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit.
Pad
Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
30th launch from Launch Complex 7, 2nd this year · 38th from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Local pad time at liftoff: Nov 30, 2:50 AM GMT+8, at night
32 launches from this pad · 162 from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
105 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Yaogan 13 launch?
Yaogan 13 launched on November 29, 2011 at 18:50 UTC.
Where can I watch Yaogan 13?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 13?
Long March 2C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 2C spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 13 launch from?
Launch Complex 7, Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China. Liftoff was Nov 30, 2:50 AM GMT+8 local time at the pad.
What orbit did Yaogan 13 reach?
Yaogan Weixing 13, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 359 × 532 km orbit inclined 97.3°.
How many satellites did Yaogan 13 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).