Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 16A at a glance.
Uptime
4606
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 13.5
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
63.4
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for YAOGAN 16A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 16A
International designator: 2012-066A
Object number (NORAD): 39011
Object ID (CCSDS): 39011
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.027 minutes
Inclination: 63.3572 deg
SMA: 7467.144 km
Apoapsis: 1393.007 km
Periapsis: 785.012 km
RAAN: 104.637 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0407113
Argument of periapsis: 24.3375 deg
Mean anomaly: 337.6292 deg
Mean motion: 13.45460435 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.00000045 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000046655 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 5, 2025, 5:45 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 5, 2025, 2:45 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 16A
TLE line 1: 1 39011U 12066A 25186.61509632 -.00000045 00000-0 46655-4 0 9993
TLE line 2: 2 39011 63.3572 104.6370 0407113 24.3375 337.6292 13.45460435619512
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 16A.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 16A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Long March 4C | Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C’, on board a Long March 4C space rocket.
The launch took place on Nov. 25, 2012, 4:06 a.m. from Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603).
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Long March 4C | Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Nov. 25, 2012, 4:06 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Long March 4C
Launch pad: Launch Area 4 (SLS-2 / 603)
Location: Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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