Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 7 DEB at a glance.
Uptime
5747
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.3
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
97.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 7 DEB.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? True
Object name: YAOGAN 7 DEB
International designator: 2009-069B
Object number (NORAD): 38265
Object ID (CCSDS): 38265
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 100.576 minutes
Inclination: 97.8317 deg
SMA: 7163.999 km
Apoapsis: 939.613 km
Periapsis: 632.115 km
RAAN: 170.0958 deg
Eccentricy: 0.02146134
Argument of periapsis: 62.8765 deg
Mean anomaly: 299.4132 deg
Mean motion: 14.31757671 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00006097 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.0017815847 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 2, 2025, 11:42 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 2, 2025, 12:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 7 DEB
TLE line 1: 1 38265U 09069B 25245.53185364 .00006097 00000-0 17816-2 0 9998
TLE line 2: 2 38265 97.8317 170.0958 0214613 62.8765 299.4132 14.31757671810991
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 7 DEB.
Associated space launch
Chinese Earth observation satellite, likely also used for military reconnaissance
YAOGAN 7 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 7’, on board a Long March 2D space rocket.
The launch took place on Dec. 9, 2009, 8:42 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 2D | Yaogan Weixing 7
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Dec. 9, 2009, 8:42 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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