Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 8 at a glance.
Uptime
5746
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.2
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 8.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 8
International designator: 2009-072A
Object number (NORAD): 36121
Object ID (CCSDS): 36121
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 110.339 minutes
Inclination: 100.2473 deg
SMA: 7620.445 km
Apoapsis: 1257.806 km
Periapsis: 1226.815 km
RAAN: 144.6161 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00203345
Argument of periapsis: 239.5184 deg
Mean anomaly: 120.3916 deg
Mean motion: 13.05065277 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000036 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0012420255 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 8, 2025, 3:16 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 7, 2025, 2:48 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 8
TLE line 1: 1 36121U 09072A 25250.61729319 .00000360 00000-0 12420-2 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 36121 100.2473 144.6161 0020335 239.5184 120.3916 13.05065277751810
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 8.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Believed to be a surveillance satellite to track and locate naval ships.
YAOGAN 8 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 15, 2009, 2:31 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan Weixing 8
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 15, 2009, 2:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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