YG-30 01 zu 01 xing, 30-01 zu 02 xing & 30-01 zu 03 xing

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Mission details:

• The Chinese space program returned to flight on Sep 29, 2017 after a pause following the June ZX-9A launch mishap. The CZ-2C, in a rare flight from Xichang, placed three satellites in orbit. The satellites are called Yagoan 30 hao 01 zu 01,02,03 xing (Resource No. 30 Group 01 Sat 01,02,03). They appear to be a new series, possibly replacing the higher orbit triplets Yaogan 9, 16, 1 7, 20, 25. The name is odd, since the previous Yaogan series launch in May 2016 was called Yaogan 30 (Yaogan 30 hao weixing) but appears to be unrelated. It′s possible that the Chinese authorities lost track of the count and should have named the new launch Yaogan 31-01.
• The first missions of the CX-5 series were the Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-1 launched on September 29, 2017. On this mission, the Long March (Y29) launch vehicle orbited the Chuangxin-5 (1) to Chuangxin-5 (3) satellites. The three satellites were injected on a 600 km altitude orbit with an inclination of 35.00 degrees and are now spaced by 120° in their orbit.

External links:

• Satellite tracking: Real time Yaogan 30-01 satellite tracking
• Satellite tracking: Real time Yaogan 30-02 satellite tracking
• Satellite tracking: Real time Yaogan 30-03 satellite tracking