On May 6 at 06:11 UTC, a Chinese Long March 2C launched the Yaogan-30 08 mission from the Xīchāng Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China. Not much is known about the satellites except that they are launched in groups of three and they have a suspected signals intelligence mission. They were described by their manufacturer China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation as “will be used for electromagnetic environmental detection and related technolog[y] tests.”

More Information

CASC press release

Yaogan-30 info page (Gunter’s Space Page)

Launch video