Yunhai-2

OperatorCNSA

COSPAR ID2018-112 (Yunhai-2 01) 2024-052 (Yunhai-2 02)

ManufacturerSAST

ContractorCASC

Yunhai-2
Spacecraft properties

Operator	CNSA
COSPAR ID	2018-112 (Yunhai-2 01) 2024-052 (Yunhai-2 02)


Manufacturer	SAST


Start of mission
Contractor	CASC

Yunhai ← Yunhai-1 Yunhai-3 →

Yunhai-2 is a Chinese meteorological satellite constellation developed by the Chinese military.^[1] The satellites reportedly use the Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO) to collect atmospheric data for weather prediction and for ionosphere, climate and gravity research.^[2] The satellites are built by the Shanghai Academy of Space Technology (SAST) before being transported to Jiuquan for launch.


Name	COSPAR	Launch Date	Launch Vehicle	Outcome
Yunhai-2 01	2018-112A	December 29, 2018	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 02	2018-112B	December 29, 2018	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 03	2018-112C	December 29, 2018	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 04	2018-112D	December 29, 2018	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 05	2018-112E	December 29, 2018	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 06	2018-112G	December 29, 2018	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 07	2024-052	March 21, 2024	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 08	2024-052	March 21, 2024	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 09	2024-052	March 21, 2024	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 10	2024-052	March 21, 2024	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 11	2024-052	March 21, 2024	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success
Yunhai-2 12	2024-052	March 21, 2024	Long March 2D / YZ-3	Success

↑ "NASA - NSSDCA - Spacecraft - Details". nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
↑ Jones, Andrew (2024-03-21). "China launches second batch of Yunhai-2 satellites". SpaceNews. Retrieved 2024-03-26.

v t e ← 2017 Orbital launches in 2018 2019 →
January	USA-280 / Zuma BeiDou-3 M7, BeiDou-3 M8 Cartosat-2F, ICEYE-X1, Microsat-TD, Arkyd-6A, Carbonite-2, Flock-3p' × 4, Fox-1D, Landmapper BC 3 v2, Lemur-2 × 4, PicSat, SpaceBEE × 4 USA-281 / Topaz-5 Jilin-1 Video-07, Jilin-1 Video-08, Kepler 0 KIPP USA-282 / SBIRS-GEO-4 Humanity Star, Dove Pioneer, Lemur-2 × 2 Yaogan 30-04 (3 satellites) SES-14, Al Yah 3 GovSat-1 / SES-16
February	Kanopus-V No. 3, No. 4, S-Net × 4 , Lemur-2 × 4 CSES, ÑuSat 4, 5 TRICOM-1R Falcon Heavy test flight (Tesla Roadster) BeiDou-3 M3, M4 Progress MS-08 Paz, Tintin A & B IGS-Optical 6
March	GOES-17 Hispasat 30W-6 O3b × 4 (FM13 to FM16) Soyuz MS-08 GSAT-6A EMKA / Kosmos 2525 BeiDou-3 M9, M10 Iridium NEXT 41–50 Gaofen-1-02, 03, 04
April	Dragon CRS-14, 1KUNS-PF, Irazú, UBAKUSAT Superbird-B3, HYLAS-4 Yaogan 31A, 31B, 31C, Weina 1B IRNSS-1I AFSPC-11, EAGLE Blagovest-12L / Kosmos 2526 TESS Sentinel-3B Zhuhai-1 × 5
May	Apstar 6C InSight, MarCO A, MarCO B Gaofen 5 Bangabandhu-1 Chang'e 4 Relay, Longjiang 1, Longjiang 2 Cygnus CRS OA-9E (EnduroSat One, EQUiSat, Lemur-2 × 4, RaInCube) Iridium NEXT 51–55, GRACE-FO 1, GRACE-FO 2
June	Gaofen-6 SES-12 Fengyun-2H Soyuz MS-09 IGS-Radar 6 GLONASS-M 756 / Kosmos 2527 XJSS A, B Dragon CRS-15 (Biarri-Squad × 3, BHUTAN-1, Maya-1, UiTMSAT-1)
July	PRSS-1, PakTES-1A BeiDou IGSO-7 Progress MS-09 Telstar 19V Galileo FOC 19–22 Iridium NEXT 56–65 BeiDou-3 M5, M6 Gaofen 11
August	Telkom-4 / Merah Putih Parker Solar Probe ADM-Aeolus BeiDou-3 M11, BeiDou-3 M12
September	HY-1C Telstar 18V ICESat-2 — SSTL S1-4, NovaSAR-1 BeiDou-3 M13, M14 Kounotori 7 Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38, Horizons-3e CentiSpace-1-S1
October	SAOCOM 1A Yaogan 32A, 32B Soyuz MS-10 BeiDou-3 M15, M16 AEHF-4 BepiColombo HY 2B Lotos-S1 No. 3 / Kosmos 2528 Weilai-1 CFOSAT GOSAT-2, KhalifaSat, Diwata-2B, Stars-AO, AUTcube2
November	BeiDou-3 G1Q Kosmos 2529 / GLONASS-M 757 MetOp-C IRVINE01, Lemur-2 × 2 GSAT-29 Es'hail 2 Progress MS-10 Cygnus NG-10 BeiDou-3 M17, BeiDou-3 M18 Shiyan 6-01 Mohammed VI-B HySIS, Blacksky Global 1, FACSAT-1, Flock-3r × 16, Kepler 1 CASE, Lemur-2 × 4 Kosmos 2530 / Strela-3M 16, Kosmos 2531 / Strela-3M 17, Kosmos 2532 / Strela-3M 18
December	Soyuz MS-11 SHERPA, Blacksky Global 2, Capella 1, ESEO, Eu:CROPIS, FalconSAT 6, ICEYE X2, SkySat 14, SkySat 15, STPSat 5, ENOCH, Flock-3s × 3, IRVINE02, Landmapper BC 4, MinXSS-2, Orbital Reflector, PW-Sat 2, SpaceBEE × 3 GSAT-11, Chollian-2A SpaceX CRS-16 (TechEdSat 8, UNITE) Chang'e 4 (Yutu-2) CubeSail, RSat-P, STF-1 GSAT-7A CSO-1 Kosmos 2533 / Blagovest-13L USA-289 / GPS IIIA-01 Kanopus-V No. 5, No. 6, Flock-3k × 12, Lemur-2 × 8, Lume-1 Yunhai-2 01 (6 satellites)
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

v t e ← 2023 Orbital launches in 2024 2025 →
January	XPoSat Starlink G7-9 (21 satellites) Ovzon-3 Starlink G6-35 (23 satellites) Peregrine Mission One (Iris, Colmena × 5) Einstein Probe IGS-Optical 8 Starlink G7-10 (22 satellites) Starlink G6-37 (23 satellites) Tianzhou 7 Axiom Mission 3 Soraya Starlink G7-11 (22 satellites) Starlink G6-38 (23 satellites) Starlink G7-12 (22 satellites) Cygnus NG-20 Lemur-2 / Skylark × 4
February	PACE Kosmos 2575 / Razbeg №2 Starlink G7-13 (22 satellites) SDA Tracking Layer Tranche 0 × 4 Progress MS-26 IM-1 (EagleCam) Starlink G7-14 (22 satellites) INSAT-3DS ADRAS-J Starlink G7-15 (22 satellites) TJS-11 Starlink G6-39 (24 satellites) Meteor-M No.2-4 Starlink G6-40 (23 satellites)
March	SpaceX Crew-8 AEROS MH-1 Starlink G6-41 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-43 (23 satellites) Starlink G7-17 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-44 (23 satellites) Starlink G7-16 (20 satellites), USA-350 / Starshield, USA-351 / Starshield Queqiao-2, Tiandu-1, Tiandu-2 Yunhai-2 02 (6 satellites) USA-352 / RASR-5 SpaceX CRS-30 Starlink G6-42 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-46 (23 satellites) Yunhai-3 02 Eutelsat 36D Starlink G6-45 (23 satellites) Resurs-P №4
April	Starlink G7-18 (22 satellites) Yaogan 42-01 Starlink G6-47 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-1 (21 satellites) Acadia-4, Hawk × 6, TSAT-1A USA-353 / Orion 12 Starlink G6-48 (23 satellites) WSF-M 1 Starlink G6-49 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-51 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-52 (23 satellites) Yaogan 42-02 Starlink G6-53 (23 satellites) Shenzhou 18 Galileo FOC FM25, Galileo FOC FM26 Starlink G6-54 (23 satellites)
May	WorldView Legion 1, WorldView Legion 2 Starlink G6-55 (23 satellites) Chang'e 6, ICUBE-Q Starlink G6-57 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-56 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-2 (20 satellites) Shiyan 23 Starlink G6-58 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-7 (20 satellites) Kosmos 2576 / Nivelir-L N°4 Starlink G6-59 (23 satellites) Beijing-3C (4 satellites) USA-354,...,USA-374 / Starshield × 21 Starlink G6-62 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-63 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-60 (23 satellites) EarthCARE Progress MS-27 Paksat-MM1R
June	Starlink G6-64 (23 satellites) Starlink G8-5 (20 satellites) Boe-CFT Starlink G10-1 (22 satellites) Starlink G8-8 (20 satellites) Starlink G9-1 (20 satellites) ASTRA 1P / SES-24 SVOM Starlink G10-2 (22 satellites) Starlink G9-2 (20 satellites) GOES-U Starlink G10-3 (23 satellites) USA-375,...,USA-395 / Starshield × 21 ChinaSat 3A
July	ALOS-4 Starlink G8-9 (20 satellites) TechEdSat-11 Türksat 6A Nyx Bikini, ISTSat-1 Starlink G9-3 (23 satellites)† Gaofen 11-05 Starlink G10-9 (23 satellites) Starlink G10-4 (23 satellites) Starlink G9-4 (21 satellites) USA-396, USA-397, USA-398
August	Starlink G10-6 (23 satellites) Starlink G11-1 (23 satellites) Cygnus NG-21 (Wisseed Sat) Qianfan Polar Group 01 (18 satellites) Starlink G8-3 (21 satellites) Acadia-3 ASBM-1, ASBM-2 Starlink G10-7 (23 satellites) Progress MS-28 WorldView Legion 3, WorldView Legion 4 EOS-08 Yaogan 43-01 (9 satellites) ION SCV-012, Acadia-5, EagleEye, Hawk × 3, ICEYE × 4, ÑuSat × 3, Flock-4be × 36, HYPSO-2, Lemur-2 × 7, Lemu Nge, Nightjar, Phi-Sat-2, PTD-4, PTD-R, TORO Starlink G10-5 (22 satellites) ChinaSat 4A Starlink G8-6 (21 satellites) Starlink G8-10 (21 satellites) Starlink G9-5 (21 satellites)
September	Yaogan 43-02 (6 satellites) Sentinel-2C Starlink G8-11 (21 satellites) USA-400,...,USA-420 / Starshield × 21 Polaris Dawn Soyuz MS-26 Starlink G9-6 (21 satellites) Kosmos 2577 / OO MKA №1, Kosmos 2578 / OO MKA №2 Galileo FOC FM26, Galileo FOC FM32 BeiDou-3 M27, BeiDou-3 M28 Jilin-1 Kuanfu-02B (6 satellites) Starlink G9-17 (20 satellites) Tianyan-15 Jilin-1 SAR-01A Starlink G9-8 (20 satellites) IGS-Radar 8 Shijian 19 SpaceX Crew-9
October	Hera, Juventas, Milani Europa Clipper Starlink G10-10 (23 satellites) Starlink G9-7 (20 satellites) Qianfan Polar Group 02 (18 satellites) Gaofen 12-05 Starlink G8-19 (20 satellites) OneWeb L20 (20 satellites) Yaogan 43-03 (3 satellites) Starlink G6-61 (23 satellites) USA-421,...,USA-437 / Starshield × 17 Starlink G10-8 (22 satellites) Shenzhou 19 Starlink G9-9 (20 satellites) Kosmos 2579 / Bars-M 6L
November	DSN-3 SpaceX CRS-31 (LignoSat) PIESAT-2A 01, PIESAT-2B 01–03 Starlink G9-10 (20 satellites) Shiyan 26A, Shiyan 26B, Shiyan 26C, Jilin-1 Gaofen-05B-01, Jilin-1 Pingtai-02A-03, Tianyan-24 Koreasat 6A Starlink G6-69 (24 satellites) Haiyang-4A Starlink G9-11 (20 satellites) Starlink G6-68 (24 satellites) Tianzhou 8 Optus-X Starlink G9-12 (20 satellites) GSAT-20 Progress MS-29 Starlink G6-66 (24 satellites) Starlink G9-13 (20 satellites) Starlink G12-1 (23 satellites) Starlink G6-76 (24 satellites) Kondor-FKA №2 Starlink G6-65 (24 satellites) Starlink GN-01 (20 satellites), USA-438 / Starshield, USA-439 / Starshield
December	PROBA-3 Saman-1 LASARsat SPADEX
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).

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