Chinese People's Liberation Army
229 satellites in orbit, 176 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT
Chinese People's Liberation Army is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code PLA, of China, People's Republic of. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it.
The live map has no filter that picks out exactly these satellites.
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| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating | Flown by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Space station | Low Earth orbit | Yes | China Manned Space Engineering Office | |
| OBJECT G | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT E | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT D | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT F | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT E | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT D | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-27B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-27A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-26A | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| SJ-31 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| TJS-25 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| TJS-24 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| SZ-23 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | China Manned Space Engineering Office | |
| TIANZHOU 10 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | China Manned Space Engineering Office | |
| OBJECT H | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| PRC TEST SPACECRAFT 4 | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| SJ-29B | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| SJ-29A | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-23 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| TJS-22 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| SJ-28 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-21 | Not known | Highly elliptical orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-46 | Earth-watching satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-20 | Not known | Inclined geosynchronous | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-45 | Earth-watching satellite | Medium Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| OBJECT A | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| SHIYAN 28B-01(SY-28B 01) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 3B | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-17 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-16 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-15 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-14 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| TJS-12 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-43 03C | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 03B | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 03A | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| GAOFEN 12-05 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-43 02F | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 02E | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 02D | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 02C | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 02B | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 02A | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 4A | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1J | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1H | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1G | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1F | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1E | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1D | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1C | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1B | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-43 O1A | Communications satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT-3A | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-42 02 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 42-01 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| TJS-11 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-41 | Earth-watching satellite | Geostationary | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| OBJECT G | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-39 05C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 05B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 05A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| TJS-10 | Not known | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-39 04C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 04B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 04A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 03C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 03B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 03A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-33 04 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-39 02C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 02B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 02A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-33 03 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-39 01C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 01B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-39 01A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| GAOFEN 12 04 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-36 05C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 05B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 05A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| OBJECT A | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-37 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| SJ-23 | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-36 04C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 04B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 04A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 03C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 03B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 03A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-34 03 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CSS (MENGTIAN) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | China Manned Space Engineering Office | |
| YAOGAN-36 02C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 02B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 02A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 01C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-36 01A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 1E | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-35 05C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 05B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 05A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-33 02 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-35 04C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 04B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 04A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 03C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 03B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CSS (WENTIAN) | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | China Manned Space Engineering Office | |
| GAOFEN 12 (03) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-35 02A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-34 02 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CHINASAT 1D | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-35 C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-35 A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN-32 2B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-32 2A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CHINASAT 2E | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 AF | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 AE | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 AD | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 AC | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 AB | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 AA | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 Z | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 Y | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 X | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-34 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| GAOFEN 12 (02) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 M | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 L | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 K | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 J | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 H | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 G | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 F | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 E | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 D | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-33 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 W | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 V | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 U | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| GAOFEN 11 2 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| GAOFEN DUOMO (GFDM) | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 T | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 S | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 R | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| GAOFEN 12 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| GAOFEN 10R | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CHINASAT 18 | Communications satellite | Highly elliptical orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 Q | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 P | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 N | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CHINASAT 6C | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CHINASAT 2D | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-32 B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-32 A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| GAOFEN 11 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-31 A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| LKW-4 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 M | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 L | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 K | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| LKW-3 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 J | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 H | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 G | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| LKW-2 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| LKW-1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 F | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 E | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 D | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN-30 A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | Strategic Support Troops | |
| YAOGAN 30 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | Strategic Support Troops | |
| CHINASAT 1C | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 29 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 28 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 2C | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 27 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| GAOFEN 8 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 26 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 25C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 25B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 25A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 24 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 22 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 21 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 20C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 20B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 20A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA |
