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China Aerospace Science and Technology CorporationLong March 4CLaunch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C
Launched
November 25, 2012
Summary
Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C launched on a China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation Long March 4C from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China on November 25, 2012. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 118th launch, 17th this year and humanity's 5,259th orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Long March 4C flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Yaogan Weixing 16, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 1,091 × 1,114 km orbit inclined 63.4°. 7 objects from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Government/Top Secret · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 9th Long March 4C flight · 2nd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 118th launch17th this yearhumanity's 5,259th orbital launch attempt69th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yaogan Weixing 16 · NORAD 39011 · 2012-066 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 7 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2012-066A
- Epoch
- 2012-11-25 05:19:13 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.43824668 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0015256
- Inclination
- 63.3886°
- Ascending node
- 73.7123°
- Arg. of perigee
- 16.4624°
- Mean anomaly
- 343.7032°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
7 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 debris, 2 components; 7 still in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 16 · NORAD 39011 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 16 fu xing yi · NORAD 39012 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 16 fu xing er · NORAD 39013 · in orbit
CZ-4C Y9 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Yaogan 16 is a triplet of Chinese satellites flying in formation, generally assessed as a naval electronic-intelligence system comparable to the US NOSS. Yaogan is the public designation China gives to its military reconnaissance satellites; official statements describe them only as remote-sensing spacecraft for land survey, crop estimation and disaster monitoring.
Pad
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
23rd launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 3rd this year · 61st from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
138 launches from this pad · 299 from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
56 days after the previous launch from this pad
All launches from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of ChinaOpen in maps
Questions
When did Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C launch?
Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C launched on November 25, 2012. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C?
Long March 4C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4C spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C reach?
Yaogan Weixing 16, one of 7 catalogued objects, reached a 1,091 × 1,114 km orbit inclined 63.4°.
How many satellites did Yaogan 16A, 16B & 16C launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).