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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 20A, Yaogan 20B, Yaogan 20C
Launched
August 9, 2014
Summary
Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C 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 August 9, 2014. It was China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 136th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 5,398th orbital launch attempt. It was the 14th Long March 4C flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Yaogan Weixing 20, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 1,094 × 1,111 km orbit inclined 63.4°. 8 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
- 14th Long March 4C flight · 1st this yearChina Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation's 136th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 5,398th orbital launch attempt49th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Yaogan Weixing 20 · NORAD 40109 · 2014-047 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 8 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2014-047A
- Epoch
- 2014-08-09 08:56:43 UTC
- Mean motion
- 13.43805524 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0011426
- Inclination
- 63.4032°
- Ascending node
- 351.3987°
- Arg. of perigee
- 38.498°
- Mean anomaly
- 359.9904°
- 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
8 catalogued: 3 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 2 debris, 2 components; 6 still in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 20 · NORAD 40109 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 20 fu xing yi · NORAD 40110 · in orbit
- Yaogan Weixing 20 fu xing er · NORAD 40111 · in orbit
CZ-4C Y15 Stage 3 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Yaogan 20 is a formation-flying triplet of Chinese military satellites, assessed as a naval electronic-intelligence system. 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
31st launch from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), 2nd this year · 71st 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
131 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 20A, 20B & 20C launch?
Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C launched on August 9, 2014. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C?
Long March 4C, flown by China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Long March 4C spec sheet
Where did Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C launch from?
Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603), Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China.
What orbit did Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C reach?
Yaogan Weixing 20, one of 8 catalogued objects, reached a 1,094 × 1,111 km orbit inclined 63.4°.
How many satellites did Yaogan 20A, 20B & 20C launch?
3 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 3 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).