Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 1 at a glance.
Uptime
7171
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 1
International designator: 2006-015A
Object number (NORAD): 29092
Object ID (CCSDS): 29092
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.815 minutes
Inclination: 97.7613 deg
SMA: 6984.282 km
Apoapsis: 607.232 km
Periapsis: 605.062 km
RAAN: 6.5 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00015535
Argument of periapsis: 91.3305 deg
Mean anomaly: 268.8089 deg
Mean motion: 14.87373783 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001374 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00015793948 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 7:17 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 1
TLE line 1: 1 29092U 06015A 25346.30416639 .00001374 00000-0 15794-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 29092 97.7613 6.5000 0001554 91.3305 268.8089 14.87373783 62026
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object YAOGAN 1.
Associated space launch
The Yaogan 1 (Remote Sensing Satellite-1) government remote sensing satellite, likely also used as a military reconnaissance satellite, was launched by CZ-4C rocket from China's Taiyuan space center on 26 April 2006. It is China's first space-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system. The military designation of the satellite is Jian Bing-5 (JB-5). The whole development project was funded by the PLA.
YAOGAN 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 1’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on April 26, 2006, 10:48 p.m. from Launch Complex 7.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 1
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 26, 2006, 10:48 p.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 7
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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