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{{Short description|Chinese military reconnaissance satellite program}}
{{Infobox space program
| name            = Yaogan
| image           = VRSS-1 satellite.jpg
| caption         = Model of Yaogan 2
| country         = {{flagicon|China}} People's Republic of China
| organization    = [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]<br/>CAST<br/>
| purpose         = Reconnaissance
| status          = Active
| firstflight     = 26 April 2006
| successes       = 144
| failures        = 1
| launchsite      = {{Hlist | TSLC | JSLC | XSLC | WSLS}}
| launcher        = {{Hlist | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]] | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]] | [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]] | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]] | [[Engineering:Long March 5|Long March 5]] | [[Engineering:Long March 6A|Long March 6A]]}}
| native_name_a   = 遥感卫星
| native_name_r   = Yáogǎn Wèixīng
}}

'''Yaogan''' ({{zh|s=遥感卫星|t=遙感衞星|p=Yáogǎn Wèixīng|l=Remote Sensing Satellite}}) is the cover name used by the {{wipe|China}} to refer to its military [[Astronomy:Reconnaissance satellite|reconnaissance satellite]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Stephen |date=29 January 2021 |title=China launches military spy satellite trio into orbit |url=https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/29/china-launches-military-spy-satellite-trio-into-orbit/#:~:text=China%20uses%20the%20Yaogan%20name,are%20the%20Yaogan%2031%20satellites. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221023185527/https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/01/29/china-launches-military-spy-satellite-trio-into-orbit/ |archive-date=23 October 2022 |website=Spaceflight Now}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1379969927378051075|user=planet4589|title=The Jianbing-7 03 radar satellite, cover name Yaogan 18, reentered at 0035 UTC Apr 7 over the South Atlantic.  It was launched in Oct 2013, operated until Feb 2019, and had its orbit lowered from Apr-Jul 2020; it underwent uncontrolled decay since 2020 Jul 7.|author=Jonathan McDowell|date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703072008/https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1379969927378051075|archive-date=3 July 2022|url-status=live}}</ref> Yaogan satellites are largely known to primarily support the People's Liberation Army's Strategic Support Force (PLASSF), formerly the Aerospace Reconnaissance Bureau of the Second Department of the General Staff.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Costello |first1=John |last2=McReynolds |first2=Joe |date=October 2018 |title=China's Strategic Support Force: A Force for a New Era |url=https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratperspective/china/china-perspectives_13.pdf |url-status=live |journal=China Strategic Perspectives |volume=13 |pages=20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621120346/https://ndupress.ndu.edu/Portals/68/Documents/stratperspective/china/china-perspectives_13.pdf |archive-date=21 June 2022 |via=National Defense University}}</ref><ref name="NSF">{{cite web |last=Barbosa |first=Rui C. |date=22 April 2009 |title=Chinese launch again with YaoGan Weixing-6 remote sensing satellite |url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/04/chinese-launch-again-with-yaogan-weixing-6-remote-sensing-satellite/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205102900/http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2009/04/chinese-launch-again-with-yaogan-weixing-6-remote-sensing-satellite/ |archive-date=5 February 2022 |access-date=23 April 2009 |website=nasaspaceflight.com }}</ref><ref name="Xinhua">{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/science/2018-04/27/c_137140219.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624195949/http://www.xinhuanet.com/science/2018-04/27/c_137140219.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2021 |title=2006年4月27日 "遥感卫星一号"成功发射|date=27 April 2006|website=www.xinhuanet.com|publisher=Xinhuanet|access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref> The Yaogan program is the successor to the Fanhui Shi Weixing (FSW) recoverable reconnaissance satellite program but, unlike its predecessor, includes a variety of classes utilizing various means of [[Earth:Remote sensing|remote sensing]] such as optical reconnaissance, [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|synthetic-aperture radar]] (SAR), and electronic intelligence (ELINT) for maritime surveillance. Yaogan satellites have been launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in Shanxi province, the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in [[Place:Inner Mongolia|Inner Mongolia]], Xichang Satellite Launch Center (XSLC) in Sichuan province and the Wenchang Space Launch Site (WSLS) in Hainan province.<ref name="ASM">{{cite web |date=2 December 2008 |title=China Launches Yaogan-4 Satellite |url=http://www.asmmag.com/news/china-launches-yaogan-4-satellite |url-status=dead |access-date=24 April 2009 |magazine=Asian Surveying and Mapping magazine |archive-date=17 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417095153/http://www.asmmag.com/news/china-launches-yaogan-4-satellite }}</ref>

Although individual Yaogan satellites are often referred to by their number (e.g. ''Yaogan-18''), Chinese military [[Astronomy:Reconnaissance satellite|reconnaissance satellite]]s are typically categorized by their military ''Jianbing'' designation. Jianbing ({{Zh|s=尖兵|t=|labels=no}}) translates to "point soldier", "vanguard", or "[[Engineering:Pioneer (military)|pioneer]]" and entered use in satellite designations with China's very first series of reconnaissance satellites, FSW-0, as the Jianbing-1 series. The first Yaogan satellite, Yaogan 1, is one of three Jianbing-5 (JB-5) series satellites following the final FSW-3 satellites of the Jianbing-4 (JB-4) series. Because Jianbing designations are secret and only Yaogan numbers are officially used, the Jianbing designations for later classes still remains unknown to the public.

== Classes ==

=== Synthetic-aperture radar ===
Chinese synthetic-aperture radar (SAR, {{Zh|s=合成孔径雷达|p=héchéng kǒngjìng léidá}}) sensor development began in the late 1970s under the Electronic Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) resulting in the testing of the first airborne [[Physics:X band|X-band]] mono-[[Physics:Polarization (waves)|polarization]] SAR collection in 1981. By 1994, CAS had introduced its first operational, real-time airborne SAR system to monitor flooding and transmit collected data to [[Astronomy:Ground station|ground station]]s.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |date=12 November 2007 |title=JianBing 5 (YaoGan WeiXing 1/3) Synthetic Aperture Radar |url=http://www.sinodefence.com/strategic/spacecraft/jianbing5.asp |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421185528/http://www.sinodefence.com/strategic/spacecraft/jianbing5.asp |archive-date=21 April 2008 |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=Sino Defense}}</ref> Preliminary research and development of China's first-generation, space-based SAR system began sometime in the 1980s with development beginning in full in 1991. [[Image resolution|High-resolution]], space-based SAR collection has been ambitiously pursued by the PLA for its potential contributions to all-weather [[Engineering:Targeting (warfare)|targeting]] of naval forces in the Taiwan Strait.<ref name=":12" />

Jianbing-5 series satellites (abbreviated "JB-5") are China's first space-based SAR satellites and the first satellites in the Yaogan program. The development and production of the Jianbing-5 series of satellites have been entirely funded by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) as the ability to penetrate the seemingly constant cloud cover present in the southern provinces of Tibet, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guandgong, and Hainan challenges traditional optical collection in those regions.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |date=11 December 2017 |title=Yaogan 1, 3, 10 (JB-5 1, 2, 3) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-1.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927154846/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-1.htm |archive-date=27 September 2022 |access-date=19 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> The PLA also believes that in a potential war SAR collection capabilities will be vital to information dominance by [[Earth:Terrain cartography|mapping terrain]], identifying [[Engineering:Targeting (warfare)|targets]] through [[Earth:Cloud cover|cloud cover]], rain, fog, and dust, and potentially monitoring enemy [[Engineering:Submarine|submarine]]s in shallow waters or targets in [[Earth:Underground base|subterranean facilities]].<ref name=":12" /> In May 1995, the finalized designs were approved and development began in earnest with the approval of the State Science & Technology Committee (SSTC) and Commission for Science, Technology, and Industry for National Defense (COSTIND).<ref name=":12" /> The CAS Institute of Electronics built the SAR instruments onboard Jianbing-5 satellites, the [[Engineering:Spacecraft|craft]] itself designed by the [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology]] (SAST) which also develops the [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]] [[Engineering:Launch vehicle|launch vehicle]]. Other developers involved in the project are the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST or 5th Space Academy) 501st and 504th Institutes, the China Electronics Technology Group's (CETC) Nanjing Research Institute of Electronic Technology (known also as the 14th Institute), the Southwest Institute of Electronic Equipment (SWIEE or 29th Institute), and the Beijing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics (BUAA).<ref name=":12" /> SAST is also the developer of the Feng Yun series of [[Engineering:Weather satellite|weather satellite]]s.<ref name=":12" />

Jianbing-5 satellites are built by SAST and launched from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) and provide military analysts [[Imaging radar|synthetic-radar imagery]] purportedly at a spatial [[Image resolution|resolution]] as sharp as 5 [[Metre|meters]] over the [[Astronomy:L band|L-band]] (1–2&nbsp;GHz).<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Cliff |first=Roger |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727359166 |title=Ready for takeoff : China's advancing aerospace industry |date=2011 |publisher=Rand National Security Research Division |others=Chad J. R. Ohlandt, David Yang, U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division |isbn=978-0-8330-5208-7 |location=Santa Monica, CA |oclc=727359166}}</ref> JB-5 satellites have been confirmed to have an electronic motor-powered [[Physics:Solar panel|solar panel]] which can be expanded and contracted by the [[Astronomy:Ground station|ground control station]]. Jianbing-5 class satellites have a reported [[Physics:Mass|mass]] of 2,700 [[Kilogram|kilogram]]s, [[Astronomy:Orbital inclination|orbital inclination]] of approximately 97° in [[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|Sun-synchronous orbit]], and with two operational satellites enjoys a twice daily revisit rate at a 45° viewing angle.<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=11 June 2016 |title=Yaogan Weixing (Remote Sensing Satellite) |url=https://chinaspacereport.wordpress.com/spacecraft/yaogan/#yg2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620122211/https://chinaspacereport.wordpress.com/spacecraft/yaogan/ |archive-date=20 June 2021 |website=China Space Report}}</ref> Between April 2006 and August 2010, China launched three Jianbing-5 SAR satellites, the last two of which remain in operation from TSLC. Yaogan 1, launched in April 2006, reportedly broke up around 4 February 2010 almost four years after its launch.<ref name=":0" /> Due to the small number of pieces and low orbital speeds, the breakup was likely due to an internal explosion, not a high-speed collision.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=February 11, 2010 |title=Yaogan 1 Erupts |url=http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2625/yaogan-1-erupts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210822070710/http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/2625/yaogan-1-erupts |archive-date=22 August 2021 |access-date=2010-02-11 |publisher=Arms Control Wonk}}</ref>

Yaogan 29, launched in November 2015 into a similar orbit, appears to be the modernized successor to the Jianbing-5 series of SAR satellites.<ref name=":02" />

The Jianbing-7 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-7", are Chinese military radar reconnaissance satellites built by SAST with an orbital period of 97 minutes and a side-looking [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|radar system]] designed by the CAS's Institute of Electronics. As of July 2022, China has launched four Jianbing-7 radar satellites with the first launched in April 2009 and the latest in November 2014 with a [[Physics:Mass|mass]] of 1,200 [[Kilogram|kilogram]]s (2,600 [[Pound (mass)|pounds]]) from TSLC.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |date=2019 |title=JB-7 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-7.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026174801/http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-7.html |archive-date=26 October 2022 |website=Astronautix}}</ref> The third satellite of the Jianbing-7 class, launched in October 2013, had its [[Physics:Orbit|orbit]] lowered from April to July 2020 and consequently underwent an uncontrolled [[Astronomy:Orbital decay|decay]] reentering the atmosphere in 2021.<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=1379969927378051075|user=planet4589|title=Jianbing-7 03 Decay|date=7 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703072005/https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1379969927378051075|archive-date=3 July 2022|url-status=live|df=dmy|first=Jonathan|last=McDowell}}</ref>

Although the Jianbing designation is still unknown for latest class of SAR reconnaissance satellites, China has launched three satellites of a modernized successor class to the Jianbing-5 and Jianbing-7 classes of [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]] [[Astronomy:Reconnaissance satellite|reconnaissance satellite]]s. This class uses the same [[Physics:Orbit|orbit]] as the Jianbing-5 class but likely has a different design according to published illustrations.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |title=Yaogan 29, 33, 33R |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-29.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522100952/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-29.htm |archive-date=22 May 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> The second satellite of this class, Yaogan 33, failed to reach [[Physics:Orbit|orbit]] in May 2019. Its likely replacement, Yaogan 33R, was launched a year and a half later but used different launch site (Jiuquan instead of Taiyuan) and into a higher [[Physics:Orbit|orbit]] (682 km × 686 km).<ref name=":3" />

=== Electro-optical ===
The Jianbing-6 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-6", provides the Chinese military [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|optical imaging]] capabilities to compliment the Jianbing-5 class's [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]] reconnaissance capabilities.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |date=14 September 2020 |title=Yaogan 2, 4, 7, 11, 24, 30 (JB-6 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-2.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926193932/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-2.htm |archive-date=26 September 2022 |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> It has been reported that satellites of the Jianbing-6 class have a [[Image resolution|resolution]] of 0.8 [[Metre|meters]].<ref name=":0" /> Jianbing-6 satellites were developed by CAST based on the CAST2000 satellites bus originally developed by the China SpaceSat Company Ltd. Jianbing-6 satellites image the Earth with a spatial resolution of approximately 1.5 meters and transmit them via X-band receiving telemetry, tracking, and command signals over the S-band. As of July 2022, China individually launched six Yaogan satellites of the Jianbing-6 class into [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|low Earth orbit (LEO)]] with the first satellite launched in May 2006 and the latest in May 2016.<ref name=":2" /> The [[Organization:Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities|Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities]] signed a US$140 million deal with China Great Wall Industries Co. Ltd. to launch the [[Engineering:VRSS-1|Venezuelan Remote-Sensing Satellite 1]] ([[Engineering:VRSS-1|VRSS-1]]) in May 2011 marking China's first export of a [[Astronomy:Reconnaissance satellite|reconnaissance satellite]]. VRSS-1 was based on the design of Jianbing-6 satellites and was launched on 29 September 2012 from JSLC.<ref name=":2" />

The Jianbing-9 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-9" provides the Chinese military with optical imaging capabilities, likely as a successor to the Jianbing-6 class, thought it does orbit at a much higher altitude at 1,200&nbsp;km indicating that satellites of this class are lower-resolution mapping and area surveillance satellites.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |title=Yaogan 8, 15, 19, 22, 27 (JB-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-8.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928011011/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-8.htm |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=18 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |date=2019 |title=JB-9 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-9.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302121423/http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-9.html |archive-date=2 March 2022 |website=Astronautix}}</ref> The optical payload of Yaogan satellites in the Jianbing-9 class was developed by the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics, and Physics.<ref name=":6" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |title=Yaogan 8, 15, 19, 22, 27 (JB-9 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-8.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520233011/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-8.htm |archive-date=20 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> China has launched five individual Yaogan satellites of the Jianbing-9 class with the first launched in December 2009 and the latest in August 2015 from TSLC.<ref name=":2" />

The Jianbing-10 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-10" provides the Chinese military with optical imaging capabilities.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |date=21 July 2019 |title=Yaogan 5, 12, 21 (JB-10 1, 2, 3) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-5.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220925132414/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-5.htm |archive-date=25 September 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> Believed to also be based on the CAST2000 satellite bus, like those of the Jianbing-6 class, three Jianbing-10-class satellites built by CAST and carrying an optical imaging system from the Xian Institute of Optics and Precision Mechanics have been individually launched with the first launched in December 2008 and the reported last of the class in September 2014 from TSLC.<ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wade |first=Mark |date=2019 |title=JB-10 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-10.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703074320/http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-10.html |archive-date=3 July 2022 |website=Astronautix}}</ref>

The Jianbing-11 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-11" provides the Chinese military with optical imaging capabilities.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |date=21 July 2019 |title=Yaogan 14, 28 (JB-11 1, 2) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-14.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927212557/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-14.htm |archive-date=27 September 2022 |access-date=20 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> As of May 2022, China has launched two individually launched Yaogan satellites of the Jianbing-11 class with the first launched in May 2012 and the latest in November 2015.<ref name=":5" />

The Jianbing-12 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-12", are military optical reconnaissance satellites.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krebs |first=Gunter |date=21 July 2019 |title=Yaogan 26 (JB-12 1) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-26.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926021417/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-26.htm |archive-date=26 September 2022 |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref>
[[File:Yaogan-36 satellite launch (cropped).png|thumb|339x339px|Launch of Yaogan-36 on 27 November 2022]]

=== Electronic intelligence ===
In response to Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui's visit to the United States in 1995, the {{wipe|China}} initiated the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis conducting high-profile [[Engineering:Missile|missile]] tests, [[Social:Amphibious warfare|amphibious landing]] drills, and troop staging in Fujian Province, across the strait from the island of Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taiwan's President Speaks at Cornell Reunion Weekend |url=http://www.news.cornell.edu/campus/Lee/Lee-index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710033443/http://www.news.cornell.edu/campus/Lee/Lee-index.html |archive-date=10 July 2012 |access-date=20 July 2010 |website=Cornell University |publisher=}}</ref> The United States government responded to the PRC's escalation by deploying the largest American show of force since the Vietnam War including sending two American [[Engineering:Carrier battle group|carrier battle group]]s which effectively forced the {{wipe|China}} to deescalate.<ref>{{Cite web |title=U.S. aircraft carrier in Asia 'routine' |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/26/US-aircraft-carrier-in-Asia-routine/5535822632400/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108225435/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1996/01/26/US-aircraft-carrier-in-Asia-routine/5535822632400/ |archive-date=8 January 2022 |access-date=2022-01-08 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lin |first=Jennifer |date=21 March 1996 |title=U.S. Considers Risking China's Wrath On Taiwan The Nimitz Could Sail Through The Taiwan Strait. China Is Calling That "brazen." |newspaper=Philippine Daily Inquirer |url=http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-21/news/25635448_1_taiwan-and-china-taiwan-strait-taiwan-relations-act |access-date=28 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402092950/http://articles.philly.com/1996-03-21/news/25635448_1_taiwan-and-china-taiwan-strait-taiwan-relations-act |archive-date=2015-04-02}}{{cite book |last=Su |first=Chi |title=Taiwan's Relations with Mainland China: A Tail Wagging Two Dogs |date=2008 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-134-04043-8 |page=14 |author-link=Su Chi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sullivan |first=Dan |author-link=Dan Sullivan (U.S. senator) |date=11 May 2015 |title='Rebalance' to Asia calls for 3-pronged strategy |work=The Hill |url=https://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/241681-rebalance-to-asia-calls-for-3-pronged-strategy |url-status=live |access-date=2019-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122034620/https://thehill.com/opinion/op-ed/241681-rebalance-to-asia-calls-for-3-pronged-strategy |archive-date=22 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=17 May 2016 |title=Could China seize and occupy Taiwan militarily? |url=http://chinapower.csis.org/can-china-invade-taiwan/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920022743/http://chinapower.csis.org/can-china-invade-taiwan/ |archive-date=20 September 2016 |access-date=2019-07-26 |website=ChinaPower |publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies}}</ref> Since then, the PLA has committed to design and field advanced [[Engineering:Anti-ship missile|anti-ship missile]] systems including the [[Engineering:DF-21|Dong Feng 21]] and has deployed nearly sixty maritime surveillance satellites using [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|electronic intelligence]] ([[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]) to locate, identify, and track adversarial [[Engineering:Naval ship|vessels]] to support [[Engineering:Targeting (warfare)|targeting]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2016 |title=The Chinese Maritime Surveillance System |url=https://satelliteobservation.net/2016/09/20/the-chinese-maritime-surveillance-system/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220317214541/https://satelliteobservation.net/2016/09/20/the-chinese-maritime-surveillance-system/ |archive-date=17 March 2022 |website=SatelliteObservation.net}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite journal |last=Blizzard |first=Timothy J. |title=The PLA, A2/AD and the ADF: Lessons for Future Maritime Strategy |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26465599 |journal=Security Challenges |year=2016 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=69–70 |jstor=26465599 |via=JSTOR}}</ref>

The Jianbing-8 class of Yaogan satellites, with military designations beginning with "JB-8", consist of one primary satellite and two sub-satellites launched in triplets. These satellites reportedly perform an ocean or naval surveillance mission similar to those of the United States' [[Engineering:Naval Ocean Surveillance System|Naval Ocean Surveillance System]] ([[Engineering:Naval Ocean Surveillance System|NOSS]] or [[Engineering:Naval Ocean Surveillance System|PARCAE]]) despite the Chinese state-media's insistence they were designed to "conduct electromagnetic environmental monitoring and related technology tests".<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Andrew |date=15 March 2021 |title=China Deploys More Surveillance Satellites |url=https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/china-deploys-more-surveillance-satellites |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724195706/https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/china-deploys-more-surveillance-satellites |archive-date=24 July 2022 |website=Janes Defense}}</ref> The triplet groups likely fly in a loose formation to locate [[Engineering:Transmitter|radio emitters]] using the difference in [[Earth:Time of arrival|time of arrival]] of [[Radio wave|radio signals]] at the different satellites. Jianbing-8 satellites are based on the CAST2000 satellites bus and have a [[Physics:Mass|mass]] of 200 [[Kilogram|kilogram]]s (440 [[Pound (mass)|pounds]]) and an [[Astronomy:Orbital period|orbital period]] of 107.10 [[Minute|minute]]s in [[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=JB-8 |url=http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-8.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303073017/http://www.astronautix.com/j/jb-8.html |archive-date=3 March 2022 |website=Astronautix}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=24 March 2021 |title=Yaogan 9, 16, 17, 20, 25, 31 (JB-8 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) |url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-9.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928092635/https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-9.htm |archive-date=28 September 2022 |access-date=17 May 2022 |website=Gunter's Space Page}}</ref> As of May 2022, there have been nine launches of Jianbing-8 triplets (twenty-seven total satellites) from JSLC with the first triplet launching in March 2010 and the latest in March 2021.

The CX-5 or Chuangxin-5 ({{Zh|s=创新|t=創新|p=Chuàngxīn|l=Innovation}}) class of satellites, the only known Yaogan satellites to have been launched at Xichang SLC, are still largely shrouded in secrecy and their purpose is only speculated to be ELINT by nature of their triplet launches, similar to satellites of the Jianbing-8 class.

== Satellites ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name
!  Military<br />designation 
!  Launch
!  Function
!Orbit
!  [[Astronomy:Apsis|Orbital Apsis]]
![[Astronomy:Orbital inclination|Inclination]]
!  [[Engineering:Satellite Catalog Number|SCN]]
!  [[Organization:Committee on Space Research|COSPAR]]ID
!  Contractor
!  Launcher
!  Launch site 
!Status
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 1
| JB-5-1
| 26 April 2006
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 635&nbsp;km × 637&nbsp;km
|97.9°
| align="center" | 29092
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2006-015A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Lost|Decayed}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 2
| JB-6-1
| 25 May 2007
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 639&nbsp;km × 663&nbsp;km
|97.9°
| align="center" | 31490
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2007-019A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 3
| JB-5-2
| 11 November 2007
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 635&nbsp;km × 637&nbsp;km
|97.8°
| align="center" | 32289
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2007-055A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 4
| JB-6-2
| 1 December 2008
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 642&nbsp;km × 660&nbsp;km
|97.9°
| align="center" | 33446
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2008-061A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 5
| JB-10-1
| 15 December 2008
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 494&nbsp;km × 501&nbsp;km
|97.3°
| align="center" | 33456
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2008-064A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC 
|{{Lost|Decayed}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 6
| JB-7-1
| 22 April 2009
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 518&nbsp;km × 519&nbsp;km
|97.6°
| align="center" | 34839
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2009-021A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" | TSLC 
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 7
| JB-6-3
| 9 December 2009
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 630&nbsp;km × 666&nbsp;km
|97.8°
| align="center" | 36110
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2009-069A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 8
| JB-9-1
| 15 December 2009
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 1200&nbsp;km × 1212&nbsp;km
|100.5°
| align="center" | 36121
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2009-072A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 9A
| JB-8-1A
| rowspan="3" | 5 March 2010 
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 781.2&nbsp;km × 1412.8&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 36413
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2010-009A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 9B
|JB-8-1B
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|781.2&nbsp;km × 1412.6&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |36414
| align="center" |{{COSPAR|id=2010-009B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 9C
|JB-8-1C
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|780.6&nbsp;km × 1413.2&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |36415
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2010-009C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 10
| JB-5-3
| 9 August 2010
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 629&nbsp;km × 627&nbsp;km
|97.8°
| align="center" | 36834
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2010-038A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 11
| JB-6-4
| 22 September 2010
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 670&nbsp;km × 625&nbsp;km
|98.0°
| align="center" | 37165
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2010-047A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 12
| JB-10-2
| 9 November 2011
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 479&nbsp;km × 495&nbsp;km
|97.3°
| align="center" | 37875
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2011-066B}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 13
| JB-7-2
| 29 November 2011
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 502&nbsp;km × 504&nbsp;km
|97.4°
| align="center" | 37941
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2011-072A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 14
| JB-11-1
| 10 May 2012
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 471&nbsp;km × 474&nbsp;km
|97.3°
| align="center" | 38257
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2012-021A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 15
| JB-9-2
| 29 May 2012
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 1198&nbsp;km × 1204&nbsp;km
|100.2°
| align="center" | 38354
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2012-029A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 16A
| JB-8-2A
| rowspan="3" | 25 November 2012
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 855.0&nbsp;km × 1338.9&nbsp;Km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 39011
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2012-066A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 16B
|JB-8-2B
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|855.1&nbsp;km × 1338.9&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |39012
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2012-066B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 16C
|JB-8-2C
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|855.1&nbsp;km × 1338.9&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |39013
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2012-066C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 17A
| JB-8-3A
| rowspan="3" | 1 September 2013
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 867.2&nbsp;km × 1326.8&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 39239
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2013-046A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 17B
|JB-8-3B
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|867.3&nbsp;km × 1326.9&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |39240
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2013-046B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 17C
|JB-8-3C
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|866.6&nbsp;km × 63.4&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |39241
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2013-046C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 18
| JB-7-3
| 29 October 2013
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 509&nbsp;km × 514&nbsp;km
|97.5°
| align="center" | 39363
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2013-059A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Lost|Decayed}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 19
| JB-9-3
| 20 November 2013
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 1119&nbsp;km × 1204&nbsp;km
|100.4°
| align="center" | 39410
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2013-065A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 20A
| JB-8-4A
| rowspan="3" | 9 August 2014
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 893.5&nbsp;km × 1300.5&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 40109
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2014-047A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 20B
|JB-8-4B
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|893.5&nbsp;km × 1300.5&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |40110
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2014-047B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 20C
|JB-8-4C
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|893.4&nbsp;km × 1300.6&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |40111
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2014-047C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 21
| JB-10-3
| 8 September 2014
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 481&nbsp;km × 492&nbsp;km
|97.4°
| align="center" | 40143
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2014-053A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 22
| JB-9-4
| 20 October 2014
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 1198&nbsp;km × 1207&nbsp;km
|100.3°
| align="center" | 40275
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2014-063A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 23
| JB-7-4
| 14 November 2014
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 511&nbsp;km × 513&nbsp;km
|97.3°
| align="center" | 40305
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|014-071A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 24
| JB 6-5
| 20 November 2014
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 629&nbsp;km × 654&nbsp;km
|97.9°
| align="center" | 40310
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2014-072A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC 
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 25A
| JB-8-5A
| rowspan="3" | 10 December 2014
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 912.0&nbsp;km × 1282.0&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 40338
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2014-080A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 25B
|JB-8-5B
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|912.0&nbsp;km × 1282.0&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |40339
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2014-080B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 25C
|JB-8-5C
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|912.0&nbsp;km × 1282.1&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |40340
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2014-080C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 26
| JB-12-1
| 27 December 2014
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 482&nbsp;km × 488&nbsp;km
|97.4°
| align="center" | 40362
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2014-088A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 27
| JB-9-5
| 27 August 2015
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 1201&nbsp;km × 1214&nbsp;km
|100.4°
| align="center" | 40878
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2015-040A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 28
| JB-11-2
| 8 November 2015
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 476&nbsp;km × 490&nbsp;km
|97.3°
| align="center" | 41026 
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2015-064A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4B|Long March 4B]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 29
| JB-?-1
| 26 November 2015
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 635&nbsp;km × 636&nbsp;km
|97.9°
| align="center" | 41038
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2015-069A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30
| JB-6-6
| 15 May 2016
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 634&nbsp;km × 664&nbsp;km
|98.0°
| align="center" | 41473
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2016-029A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-1A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 29 September 2017
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 600.9&nbsp;km × 603.7&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 42945
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2017-058A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-1B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|599.8&nbsp;km × 604.8&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |42946
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2017-058B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-1C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|598.0&nbsp;km × 606.4&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |42947
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2017-058C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-2A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 24 November 2017
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 600.3&nbsp;km × 604.2&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 43028
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2017-075A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-2B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|598.9&nbsp;km × 605.6&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |43029
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2017-075B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-2C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|599.8&nbsp;km × 604.9&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |43030
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2017-075C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-3A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 25 December 2017
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 599.4&nbsp;km × 605.1&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 43081
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2017-085A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-3B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|598.2&nbsp;km × 606.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |43082
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2017-085B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-3C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|598.6&nbsp;km × 605.9&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |43083
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2017-085C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-4A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 25 January 2018
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 597.7&nbsp;km × 606.9&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 43170
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2018-011A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-4B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|600.3&nbsp;km × 604.3&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |43171
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2018-011B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 30-4C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|600.3&nbsp;km × 604.3&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |43172
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2018-011C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 31A
| JB-8 6A
| rowspan="3" | 10 April 2018
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 980.4&nbsp;km × 1213.5&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 43275
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2018-034A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 31B
|JB-8 6B
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|980.4&nbsp;km × 1213.5&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |43276
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2018-034B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 31C
|JB-8 6C
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|980.4&nbsp;km × 1213.5&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |43277
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2018-034C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 32A
| Unknown
| rowspan="2" | 9 October 2018
| rowspan="2" | [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 700.2&nbsp;km × 702.3&nbsp;km
|98.1°
| align="center" | 43642
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2018-077A}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" | CAST
| rowspan="2" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]/[[Engineering:Yuanzheng|YZ-1S]]
| align="center" rowspan="2" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 32B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
|700.3&nbsp;km × 702.1&nbsp;km
|98.1°
| align="center" |43643
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2018-077B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 33
| JB-?-2
| 22 May 2019
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
| colspan="5" |''(Launch Failure)''
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | TSLC
|{{Lost|Failed}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-5A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 25 July 2019
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 598.7&nbsp;km × 606.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 44449
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2019-045A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-5B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|595.8&nbsp;km × 608.7&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |44450
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2019-045B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-5C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|601.5&nbsp;km × 603.1&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |44451
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2019-045C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-6A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 24 March 2020
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 598.7&nbsp;km × 605.7&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 45460
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2020-021A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-6B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|600.0&nbsp;km × 604.6
|35.0°
| align="center" |45461
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2020-021B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-6C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|601.0&nbsp;km × 603.5&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |45462
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2020-021C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-7A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 26 October 2020
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 602.0&nbsp;km × 602.6&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 46807
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2020-076A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-7B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|600.2&nbsp;km × 604.3&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |46808
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2020-076B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-7C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|597.9&nbsp;km × 606.6&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |46809
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2020-076C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 33R
| JB-?-3
| 27 December 2020
| [[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
| 683&nbsp;km × 686&nbsp;km
|98.3°
| align="center" | 47302
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|2020-103A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 31D
| JB-8 6D
| rowspan="3" | 29 January 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 1054.6&nbsp;km × 1139.3&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 47532
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-007A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 31E
|JB-8 6E
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|1054.4&nbsp;km × 1139.6&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |47533
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-007B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 31F
|JB-8 6F
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|1058.4&nbsp;km × 1142.6&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |47536
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-007C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 31G
| JB-8 6G
| rowspan="3" | 24 February 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 1053.9&nbsp;km × 1140.1&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 47691
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-014A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 31H
|JB-8 6H
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|1063.3&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |47692
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-014B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 31J
|JB-8 6J
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|1053.7&nbsp;km × 1140.2&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |47695
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-014C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 31K
| JB-8 6K
| rowspan="3" | 13 March 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 1063.2&nbsp;km × 1140.9&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 47855
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-020B}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 31L
|JB-8 6L
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|1063.2&nbsp;km × 1140.9&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |47855
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-020C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 31M
|JB-8 6M
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|1055.5&nbsp;km × 1138.4&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" |47857
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-020D}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 34
|Unknown
| 30 April 2021
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 1083&nbsp;km × 1105&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 48340
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-037A}}
| align="center" | SAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-8A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 6 May 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 599.1&nbsp;km × 605.5 km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 48423
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-039A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-8B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|598.9&nbsp;km × 605.7&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |48424
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-039B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-8C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|600.8&nbsp;km × 603.8&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |48425
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-039C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-9A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 18 June 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 598.9&nbsp;km × 605.6&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 48860
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-055A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-9B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|599.0&nbsp;km × 605.5&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |48861
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-055B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-9C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|598.6&nbsp;km × 605.9&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |48863
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-055D}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 30-10A
| CX-5
| rowspan="3" | 19 July 2021
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 598.7&nbsp;km × 606.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 49026
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-065A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | IAMCAS
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-10B
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|591.8&nbsp;km × 604.1&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |49027
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-065B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 30-10C
|CX-5
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|601.7&nbsp;km × 603.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |49028
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-065C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 32-2A
|Unknown
| rowspan="2" | 3 November 2021
| rowspan="2" | [[Signals intelligence|SIGINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
|700.6&nbsp;km × 702.8&nbsp;km
|98.1°
| align="center" | 49383
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-099A}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" | Unknown
| rowspan="2" align="center" | [[Engineering:Long March 2C|Long March 2C]]/[[Engineering:Yuanzheng|YZ-1S]]
| align="center" rowspan="2" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 32-2B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
|700.8&nbsp;km × 702.7&nbsp;km
|98.1°
| align="center" |49384
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-099B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 35A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 6 November 2021
| rowspan="3" | Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501.2&nbsp;km × 506.4&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 49390
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2021-101A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|499.8&nbsp;km × 507.8&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |49391
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-101B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|459.3&nbsp;km × 463.5&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |49392
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2021-101C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 34-2
|Unknown
| 17 March 2022
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
| 1083&nbsp;km × 1105&nbsp;km
|63.38°
| align="center" | 52084
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2022-027A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 35 02-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 23 June 2022
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|499&nbsp;km × 508&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 52907
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2022-068A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 02-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|498&nbsp;km × 509&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |52908
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-068B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 02-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|496&nbsp;km × 506&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |52909
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-068C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 35 03-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 29 July 2022
| rowspan="3" | ELINT
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|499&nbsp;km × 508.6&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 53316
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2022-088A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 03-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|496.6&nbsp;km × 511.2&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53317
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-088B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 03-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|497.5&nbsp;km × 510.4&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53318
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-088C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 35 04-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 19 August 2022
| rowspan="3" | ELINT
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|491&nbsp;km × 502&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53522
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-100A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 04-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|490&nbsp;km × 502&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53523
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-100B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 04-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|488&nbsp;km × 500&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53524
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-100C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 33-02
|Unknown
| 2 September 2022
|[[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
|688&nbsp;km × 680&nbsp;km 
|98.18°
| align="center" | 53698
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2022-106A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 35 05-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 6 September 2022 
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|502&nbsp;km × 491&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53760
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-109A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 05-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501&nbsp;km × 488&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53761
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-109B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 35 05-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501&nbsp;km × 489&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53762
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-109C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 36A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 26 September 2022 
| rowspan="3" | Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|499&nbsp;km × 486&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53943
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-120A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|499&nbsp;km × 488&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53946
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-120B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|498&nbsp;km × 485&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |53947
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-120C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 36 02-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 14 October 2022 
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|499&nbsp;km × 487&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" | 54042
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2022-133A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 02-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|498&nbsp;km × 486&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54043
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-133B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 02-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|498&nbsp;km × 485&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54044
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-133C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 34-3
|Unknown
| 15 November 2022 
|Unknown
|[[Engineering:Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
|1,080.2&nbsp;km × 1,103.6&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 54249
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-154A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 36 03-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 27 November 2022  
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501.3&nbsp;km  511.2&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54372
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-160A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 03-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|493.6&nbsp;km × 505.5&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54373
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-160B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 03-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|500.9&nbsp;km  509.7&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54374
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-160C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 36 04-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 14 December 2022  
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|500.3&nbsp;km × 511.2&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54746
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-171A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 04-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|495.8&nbsp;km × 507.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54747
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-171B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 04-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|502.2&nbsp;km × 510.3&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |54748
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2022-171C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 37
|Unknown
| 13 January 2023
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|518.6&nbsp;km × 526.3&nbsp;km
|43.2°
| align="center" | 55244
| align="center" | {{Cospar|id=2023-006C}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 34-4
|Unknown
| 31 March 2023 
|Unknown
|[[Engineering:Low Earth Orbit|LEO]]
|1088.4&nbsp;km × 105.3&nbsp;km
|63.4°
| align="center" | 56157
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-048A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 36 05-A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 26 July 2023  
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|508.7&nbsp;km × 498.6&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57452
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-106A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 05-B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|508.2&nbsp;km × 498.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57454
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-106C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 36 05-C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|507.2&nbsp;km × 495.0&nbsp;km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57456
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-106E}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 39-01A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 31 August 2023  
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|496.4km×510.3km
|35.0 °
| align="center" |57727
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-130A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-01B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|496.5km×508.8km
|35.0 °
| align="center" |57728
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-130B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-01C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|491.2km×512.4km
|35.0 °
| align="center" |57731
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-130E}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 33-03
|Unknown
| 6 September 2023
|[[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
|703.2km×701.9km
|98.2°
| align="center" |57797
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-136A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 40-01A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 10 September 2023
| rowspan="3" | Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|803.1km×818.1km
|86.0°
| align="center" |57830
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-139A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" | CAST
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 6A|Long March 6A]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | TSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 40-01B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|801.9km×821.2km
|86.0°
| align="center" |57832
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-139C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 40-01C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|774.9km×813.2km
|86.0°
| align="center" |57833
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-139D}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 39-02A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 17 September 2023
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|500km×491km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57886
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-145A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-02B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|497km×485km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57887
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-145B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-02C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|496km×483km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57888
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-145C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 33-04
|Unknown
| 26 September 2023
|[[Engineering:Synthetic-aperture radar|SAR]]
|[[Astronomy:Sun-synchronous orbit|SSO]]
|695.6km×692.3km
|98.1°
| align="center" |57958
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-149A}}
| align="center" | [[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| [[Engineering:Long March 4C|Long March 4C]]
| align="center" | JSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 39-03A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 5 October 2023
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501km×491km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57986
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-152A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-03B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|502km×489km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57987
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-152B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-03C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501km×490km
|35.0°
| align="center" |57988
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-152C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 39-04A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 23 October 2023
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|502km×491km
|35.0°
| align="center" |58141
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-163A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-04B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|502km×489km
|35.0°
| align="center" |58143
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-163C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-04C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501km×489km
|35.0°
| align="center" |58145
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-163E}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| align="center" | Yaogan 39-05A
|Unknown
| rowspan="3" | 10 December 2023
| rowspan="3" | [[Signals intelligence#Electronic signals intelligence|ELINT]]
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|502km×491km
|35.0°
| align="center" |58557
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-194A}}
| align="center" rowspan="3" |CAST<br>[[Organization:Shanghai Academy of Spaceflight Technology|SAST]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Engineering:Long March 2D|Long March 2D]]
| align="center" rowspan="3" | XSLC
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-05B
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|500km×489km
|35.0°
| align="center" |58558
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-194B}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" |Yaogan 39-05C
|Unknown
|[[Astronomy:Low Earth orbit|LEO]]
|501km×489km
|35.0°
| align="center" |58559
| align="center" |{{Cospar|id=2023-194C}}
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-
| align="center" | Yaogan 41
| Unknown
| 15 December 2023
| [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|EO]]
|[[Astronomy:Geosynchronous orbit|GSO]]
| 35839&nbsp;km × 35732&nbsp;km
| 4.97°
| align="center" | 58582
| align="center" | {{COSPAR|id=2023-197A}}
| align="center" | CAST
| [[Engineering:Long March 5|Long March 5]]
| align="center" | WSLS
|{{Good|Operational}}
|-

| colspan="13" |<small>Table data sourced from previously cited references, {{cite web|url=http://www.calsky.com/|title=CalSky|website=calsky.com|publisher=CalSky|access-date=2016-11-09}} and {{cite web |url=http://www.n2yo.com|title=Real Time Satellite Tracking|website=n2yo.com|publisher=N2YO|access-date=2016-11-09}}{{cite web|url=https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/yaogan-30-01.htm|title=Yaogan 30-01, ..., 30-07 (CX 5)|publisher=Gunter's Space Page|date=2020-05-30|access-date=2020-10-14}}</small>
|}

== See also ==
* USSR / Russia - [[Engineering:Kosmos (satellite)|Kosmos (satellite)]]
* United States - [[Engineering:Naval Ocean Surveillance System|NOSS]]
* France - CERES (satellite)

== References ==
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