Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 15 at a glance.
Uptime
4788
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.2
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
100.8
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 15.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 15
International designator: 2012-029A
Object number (NORAD): 38354
Object ID (CCSDS): 38354
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 109.226 minutes
Inclination: 100.7567 deg
SMA: 7569.113 km
Apoapsis: 1210.085 km
Periapsis: 1171.871 km
RAAN: 21.9111 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0025243
Argument of periapsis: 351.5047 deg
Mean anomaly: 8.5635 deg
Mean motion: 13.1836385 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000001 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012256 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 8, 2025, 2:27 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 7, 2025, 8:58 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 15
TLE line 1: 1 38354U 12029A 25188.87421349 .00000001 00000-0 12256-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 38354 100.7567 21.9111 0025243 351.5047 8.5635 13.18363850630078
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 15.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 15 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan 15’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on May 29, 2012, 7:31 a.m. from Launch Complex 9.
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Long March 4C | Yaogan 15
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: May 29, 2012, 7:31 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Complex 9
Location: Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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