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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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated 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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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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