Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 1 at a glance.
Uptime
6953
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: 96.849 minutes
Inclination: 97.7761 deg
SMA: 6985.908 km
Apoapsis: 608.928 km
Periapsis: 606.618 km
RAAN: 152.5091 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0001653
Argument of periapsis: 93.4256 deg
Mean anomaly: 266.7149 deg
Mean motion: 14.86854482 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001265 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0001477 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 2:53 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 1
TLE line 1: 1 29092U 06015A 25127.62066361 .00001265 00000-0 14770-3 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 29092 97.7761 152.5091 0001653 93.4256 266.7149 14.86854482 29521
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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