Yaogan 30-06-01, 02 & 03 (CX-5 16/18)

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Description:

• Previous missions on 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.
• The second mission on the series, Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-2, was launched on November 24, 2017. The Long March (Y33) launch vehicle orbited the Chuangxin-5 (4) to Chuangxin-5 (6) satellites on similar orbits as the Group-1 satellites but on an orbital plane 119° west of the first satellites.
• The Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-3 with the satellites Chuangxin-5 (7) to Chuangxin-5 (9), was launched on December 25, 2017, by the Long March-2C (Y34) launch vehicle. Also orbiting at 600 km altitude with an inclination of 35.00º, the satellites were located on an orbital plane 120° east of the first group.
• The last launched Yaogan Weixing-30 Group-5 is composed by the satellites Chuangxin-5 (13), Chuangxing-5 (14) and Chuangxin-5 (15).

Mission details:

• The sixth group of three Yaogan-30 satellites were launched on Mar 24, 2020. The YG-30 satellites are thought to be for signals intelligence.

External links:

• Satellite tracking: Real time satellite tracking