Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 9A at a glance.
Uptime
5763
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 9A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 9A
International designator: 2010-009A
Object number (NORAD): 36413
Object ID (CCSDS): 36413
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.011 minutes
Inclination: 63.3665 deg
SMA: 7466.437 km
Apoapsis: 1477.86 km
Periapsis: 698.745 km
RAAN: 118.2548 deg
Eccentricy: 0.05217447
Argument of periapsis: 20.2935 deg
Mean anomaly: 341.801 deg
Mean motion: 13.45651633 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000059632894 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 14, 2025, 3:07 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 13, 2025, 3:26 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 9A
TLE line 1: 1 36413U 10009A 25347.64329542 -.00000010 00000-0 59633-4 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 36413 63.3665 118.2548 0521745 20.2935 341.8010 13.45651633775005
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 9A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 9A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan-9’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on March 5, 2010, 4:55 a.m. from Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | Yaogan-9
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: March 5, 2010, 4:55 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Area 94 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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