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No place to hide: 5 powerful military satellites giving soldiers a ‘God View’
11 Feb 2026 21:25 GMT
… hundreds of imaging-capable satellites in a distributed constellation, … some satellites are lost or disabled.
3. Yaogan
Wikimedia … s Yaogan series is a large dual-use satellite constellation … radar, and signal-detection satellites now work in layered …
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Could China’s Yaogan-47 satellite have a lens as wide as the Hubble Telescope?
16 Jan 2026 01:25 GMT
… ’s latest
Earth observation satellites operating in low orbit … The report refers to the Yaogan-47 satellite, which was launched aboard … rocket from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre on December … satellite weighs up to 17 tonnes.
This suggests that Yaogan- …
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China’s first launches of 2026 send Yaogan spacecraft into unusual orbit, loft Guowang satellites
14 Jan 2026 11:05 GMT
… payload to be Yaogan-50 (01) satellite.
Airspace closure … generic description for a Yaogan satellite. Yaogan is thought to be … intentions for placing a Yaogan satellite into a highly retrograde … a recent trend of Yaogan satellites—previously only sent into …
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China Opens 2026 Launch Manifest with Retrograde Yaogan and Guowang Deployments
14 Jan 2026 19:38 GMT
… 13, delivering a classified Yaogan reconnaissance satellite and a batch of Guowang … from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, placing a Yaogan-series spacecraft into … architecture totaling approximately 200,000 satellites, signaling a long-term commitment …
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China launches Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite
14 Jan 2026 07:35 GMT
… carrying the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite blasts off … m. (Beijing Time), the satellite has entered planned orbit. The … carrying the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite blasts off … carrying the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite blasts off …
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China opens 2026 space mission schedule with satellite launch
14 Jan 2026 06:23 GMT
China launched the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite into space on Tuesday. Launched at 10:16 p.m. aboard a modified Long March-6 rocket, the satellite has entered its planned orbit, according to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
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China opens 2026 space mission schedule with successful satellite launch
13 Jan 2026 15:21 GMT
… Tuesday sent the Yaogan-50 01 remote sensing satellite into space.
Launched … Long March-6 rocket, the satellite has entered planned orbit, according … to the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center.
It will be …
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China launches first GEO Yaogan satellite as India lofts record-mass commsat
03 Nov 2025 16:38 GMT
HELSINKI — China launched a new Yaogan reconnaissance satellite late Sunday, following India’s … payload to be the Yaogan-46 satellite.
The satellite is expected to have … time of reporting.
All previous Yaogan satellites, bar one, have been sent …
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Satellite-Based ISR Capabilities and the Balance of Power in the Taiwan Strait
20 Dec 2025 22:39 GMT
… PRC also has satellites in geostationary orbit, like the Yaogan-41, which … currently developing multiple satellite programs and has several satellites in orbit, but … -destructive ASAT capabilities, particularly jamming. Satellite jamming equipment is used to …
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China launches new remote sensing satellite
09 Dec 2025 05:43 GMT
… Tuesday to place a new satellite, Yaogan-47, into space. The remote … sensing satellite was lifted off at 11 … . (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China …