Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 2 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
6679
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.4
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 2 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: YAOGAN 2 DEB
International designator: 2007-019C
Object number (NORAD): 38263
Object ID (CCSDS): 38263
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.32 minutes
Inclination: 97.9288 deg
SMA: 7151.859 km
Apoapsis: 916.635 km
Periapsis: 630.813 km
RAAN: 151.2827 deg
Eccentricy: 0.01998233
Argument of periapsis: 162.5304 deg
Mean anomaly: 198.289 deg
Mean motion: 14.35404647 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002546 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00071873123 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 10:13 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:15 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 2 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38263U 07019C 25247.17737437 .00002546 00000-0 71873-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 38263 97.9288 151.2827 0199823 162.5304 198.2890 14.35404647946932
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 2 DEB.
Associated space launch
Chinese Earth observation satellite likely also used for military reconnaissance
YAOGAN 2 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 2’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on May 25, 2007, 7:12 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 25, 2007, 7:12 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 2D
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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