Chinese People's Liberation Army
229 satellites in orbit, 176 operating.
The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 9, 2026, 12:17 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.
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| Satellite | Kind | Orbit class | Launched | Operating | Flown by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YAOGAN 19 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 17C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 17B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 17A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 11 | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 16C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 16B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 16A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 15 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 2A | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 14 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 12 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Yes | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 1A | Communications satellite | Geostationary | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 20A | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 11 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 10 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 9C | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 9B | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 9A | Not known | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 8 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 7 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 4 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 3 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 2 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 22A | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| YAOGAN 1 | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| JB-3 C | Earth-watching satellite | Low Earth orbit | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 20 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA | |
| CHINASAT 22 | Communications satellite | Inclined geosynchronous | Ended | General Armaments Dept. of the PLA |