Yaogan 30 – Spaceflight Now

September 21, 2019

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China launches three military satellites, tests new rocket steering fins

July 26, 2019

China launched a Long March 2C rocket Friday with three Yaogan 30 military satellites, and tested new grid fins on the Long March’s first stage to help guide the spent booster away from populated areas.

China launches fourth trio of Yaogan military satellites since September

January 28, 2018

A fourth trio of Chinese Yaogan military satellites with secret missions launched Thursday aboard a Long March 2C rocket from the Xichang space base in China’s Sichuan province.

Chinese rocket lofts government surveillance satellite

May 15, 2016

A Long March 2D booster fired into space Sunday from a remote Chinese spaceport in the Gobi Desert, delivering a military spy satellite to a 400-mile-high perch in polar orbit.