Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 4 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
6003
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: 100.937 minutes
Inclination: 97.9004 deg
SMA: 7181.15 km
Apoapsis: 974.278 km
Periapsis: 631.751 km
RAAN: 2.2208 deg
Eccentricy: 0.023849
Argument of periapsis: 198.2195 deg
Mean anomaly: 226.7068 deg
Mean motion: 14.26631454 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001612 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00050725 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, 9:22 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 4 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38264U 08061C 25127.89027872 .00001612 00000-0 50725-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 38264 97.9004 2.2208 0238490 198.2195 226.7068 14.26631454846576
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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