Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 9B at a glance.
Uptime
5543
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 9B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 9B
International designator: 2010-009B
Object number (NORAD): 36414
Object ID (CCSDS): 36414
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.015 minutes
Inclination: 63.372 deg
SMA: 7466.62 km
Apoapsis: 1464.385 km
Periapsis: 712.585 km
RAAN: 326.1329 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0503441
Argument of periapsis: 17.9016 deg
Mean anomaly: 343.9047 deg
Mean motion: 13.45602223 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000076832 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:59 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 9B
TLE line 1: 1 36414U 10009B 25127.87497521 .00000008 00000-0 76832-4 0 9996
TLE line 2: 2 36414 63.3720 326.1329 0503441 17.9016 343.9047 13.45602223745204
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 9B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 9B 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 4 (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 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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