Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 1 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
7121
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 15.1
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 1 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: YAOGAN 1 DEB
International designator: 2006-015J
Object number (NORAD): 36365
Object ID (CCSDS): 36365
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 95.194 minutes
Inclination: 97.8015 deg
SMA: 6906.122 km
Apoapsis: 536.467 km
Periapsis: 519.507 km
RAAN: 357.9354 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0012279
Argument of periapsis: 287.2032 deg
Mean anomaly: 72.7854 deg
Mean motion: 15.1269523 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00015224 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00087093 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:06 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:23 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 1 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 36365U 06015J 25296.43319296 .00015224 00000-0 87093-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 36365 97.8015 357.9354 0012279 287.2032 72.7854 15.12695230852503
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 1 DEB.
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 DEB 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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