Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
6169
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
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 4 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: YAOGAN 4 DEB
International designator: 2008-061C
Object number (NORAD): 38264
Object ID (CCSDS): 38264
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.894 minutes
Inclination: 97.8752 deg
SMA: 7179.086 km
Apoapsis: 972.314 km
Periapsis: 629.589 km
RAAN: 152.768 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0238697
Argument of periapsis: 61.2584 deg
Mean anomaly: 330.4913 deg
Mean motion: 14.27246569 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002744 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0008413 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 21, 2025, 11:56 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 21, 2025, 1:32 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38264U 08061C 25294.56454317 .00002744 00000-0 84130-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 38264 97.8752 152.7680 0238697 61.2584 330.4913 14.27246569870344
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 4 DEB.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object YAOGAN 4 DEB.
Associated space launch
Chinese Earth observation satellite, likely also used for military reconnaissance
YAOGAN 4 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 4’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 1, 2008, 4:42 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 1, 2008, 4:42 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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