Key statistics
Satellite YAOGAN 16B at a glance.
Uptime
4550
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 16B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: YAOGAN 16B
International designator: 2012-066B
Object number (NORAD): 39012
Object ID (CCSDS): 39012
Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: LARGE
Orbital parameters
Period: 107.027 minutes
Inclination: 63.3581 deg
SMA: 7467.186 km
Apoapsis: 1389.617 km
Periapsis: 788.486 km
RAAN: 249.0772 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0402515
Argument of periapsis: 23.6519 deg
Mean anomaly: 338.245 deg
Mean motion: 13.45449159 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): -0.0000008 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000011239 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 11, 2025, 2:40 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 10, 2025, 5:27 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 16B
TLE line 1: 1 39012U 12066B 25130.72710256 -.00000080 00000-0 11239-4 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 39012 63.3581 249.0772 0402515 23.6519 338.2450 13.45449159611959
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 16B.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
YAOGAN 16B 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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