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Part of Jianbing
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Chinese military surveillance satellite constellation. Launched from ?Jiuquan by the CZ-2D launch vehicle into 650 km, 98 deg inclination sun synchronous orbits beginning in 2007. Built by CAST; reported to carry a BISME (Beijing Institute of Space Mechanics and Electronics) optical imaging system.
AKA: Jianbing 6;Optical-2;Yaogan 2;Zheda Pixing. Status: Operational 2007. First Launch: 2007-05-25. Last Launch: 2014-11-20. Number: 5 . Gross mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb).
Family:
Surveillance.
Country:
China.
Launch Vehicles:
Chang Zheng 2D.
2007 May 25 - .
07:12 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Jiuquan.
LV Family:
CZ.
Launch Vehicle:
Chang Zheng 2D.
- Yaogan 2 - .
Payload: Jianbing 6. Mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Nation: China.
Agency: CNSA.
Manufacturer: CAST.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Military Radarsat. Spacecraft Bus: Jianbing.
Spacecraft: JB-6.
USAF Sat Cat: 31490 . COSPAR: 2007-019A. Apogee: 655 km (406 mi). Perigee: 631 km (392 mi). Inclination: 97.80 deg. Period: 97.60 min. Second Chinese synthetic aperture radar military surveillance satellite..
2008 December 1 - .
04:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Jiuquan.
LV Family:
CZ.
Launch Vehicle:
Chang Zheng 2D.
- Yaogan 4 - .
Payload: Jianbing 6. Mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Nation: China.
Agency: SISE.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Military Radarsat. Spacecraft Bus: Jianbing.
Spacecraft: JB-6.
USAF Sat Cat: 33446 . COSPAR: 2008-061A. Apogee: 654 km (406 mi). Perigee: 632 km (392 mi). Inclination: 97.90 deg. Period: 97.60 min. Fourth 'Remote Sensing Satellite'; presumed military mission..
2009 December 9 - .
08:42 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Jiuquan.
LV Family:
CZ.
Launch Vehicle:
Chang Zheng 2D.
- Yaogan 7 - .
Payload: Jianbing 6. Mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Nation: China.
Agency: SISE.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Jianbing.
Spacecraft: JB-6.
USAF Sat Cat: 36110 . COSPAR: 2009-069A. Apogee: 659 km (409 mi). Perigee: 623 km (387 mi). Inclination: 97.80 deg. Period: 97.50 min. Remote-Sensing Satellite, apparently a military optical surveillance satellite similar to YW-2 and YW-4..
2010 September 22 - .
Launch Site:
Jiuquan.
LV Family:
CZ.
Launch Vehicle:
Chang Zheng 2D.
- Yaogan 11 - .
Payload: Zheda Pixing 1A / Jianbing 6. Mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Nation: China.
Agency: SISE.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Military surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Jianbing.
Spacecraft: JB-6.
USAF Sat Cat: 37165 . COSPAR: 2010-047A. Apogee: 669 km (415 mi). Perigee: 626 km (388 mi). Inclination: 98.00 deg. Period: 97.70 min. Carried earth imaging camera..
2014 November 20 - .
07:12 GMT - .
Launch Site:
Jiuquan.
LV Family:
CZ.
Launch Vehicle:
Chang Zheng 2D.
- Yaogan 24 - .
Payload: Jianbing 6. Mass: 1,300 kg (2,800 lb). Nation: China.
Class: Surveillance.
Type: Surveillance satellite. Spacecraft Bus: Jianbing.
Spacecraft: JB-6.
USAF Sat Cat: 40310 . COSPAR: 2014-072A. Apogee: 652 km (405 mi). Perigee: 627 km (389 mi). Inclination: 97.95 deg. Period: 97.51 min. Imaging spy satellite in the same series as Yaogan 2, 4, 7, and 11. The CZ-2D second stage was deorbited after deploying the satellite. Sun synchronous orbit; 1330 GMT local time of the descending node..
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