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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 17A, B & C
Launched
September 1, 2013
Summary
Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C 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 September 1, 2013. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 126th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 5,316th orbital launch attempt. It was the 11th Long March 4C flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Yaogan Weixing 17, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 1,083 × 1,117 km orbit inclined 63.4°. 6 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
- 11th Long March 4C flight · 2nd this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 126th launch6th this yearhumanity's 5,316th orbital launch attempt48th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yaogan Weixing 17 · NORAD 39239 · 2013-046 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 6 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2013-046A
- Epoch
- 2013-09-01 22:54:01 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.44301524 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0022766
- Inclination
- 63.4084°
- Ascending node
- 217.5748°
- Arg. of perigee
- 36.0492°
- Mean anomaly
- 90.876°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- 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
6 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 components; 6 still in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 17 · NORAD 39239 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 17 fu xing yi · NORAD 39240 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 17 fu xing er · NORAD 39241 · in orbit
CZ-4C Y13 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Yaogan 17 is a formation-flying triplet of Chinese military satellites, assessed as a naval electronic-intelligence system of the same type as Yaogan 9 and 16. 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
27th launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 3rd this year · 66th 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
48 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 17A, 17B & 17C launch?
Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C launched on September 1, 2013. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C?
Long March 4C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4C spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C reach?
Yaogan Weixing 17, one of 6 catalogued objects, reached a 1,083 × 1,117 km orbit inclined 63.4°.
How many satellites did Yaogan 17A, 17B & 17C launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).