YAOGAN 16B

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite YAOGAN 16B 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 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: 63.3577 deg

SMA: 7467.164 km

Apoapsis: 1393.106 km

Periapsis: 784.952 km

RAAN: 104.8311 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0407219

Argument of periapsis: 24.0934 deg

Mean anomaly: 337.8561 deg

Mean motion: 13.45455255 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000028 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000064372 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, 2:51 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 16B

TLE line 1: 1 39012U 12066B 25186.61900051 -.00000028 00000-0 64372-4 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 39012 63.3577 104.8311 0407219 24.0934 337.8561 13.45455255619470

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Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 16B.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated 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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Launch to space Long March 4C | Yaogan 16A, Yaogan 16B, Yaogan 16C
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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