YAOGAN 3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite YAOGAN 3 at a glance.

Uptime

6450

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.9

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

97.9

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 3.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: YAOGAN 3

International designator: 2007-055A

Object number (NORAD): 32289

Object ID (CCSDS): 32289

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.716 minutes

Inclination: 97.8516 deg

SMA: 6979.537 km

Apoapsis: 602.707 km

Periapsis: 600.098 km

RAAN: 216.908 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0001869

Argument of periapsis: 98.9354 deg

Mean anomaly: 261.2074 deg

Mean motion: 14.88890718 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001543 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00017039 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 7, 2025, 10:17 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 3

TLE line 1: 1 32289U 07055A 25188.92903573 .00001543 00000-0 17039-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 32289 97.8516 216.9080 0001869 98.9354 261.2074 14.88890718954600

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 3.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Chinese Earth observation satellite likely also used for military reconnaissance

YAOGAN 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 3’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.

The launch took place on Nov. 11, 2007, 10:48 p.m. from Launch Complex 7.

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Launch to space Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 3
Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 3

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: Nov. 11, 2007, 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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