YAOGAN 16C

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite YAOGAN 16C 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 16C.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: YAOGAN 16C

International designator: 2012-066C

Object number (NORAD): 39013

Object ID (CCSDS): 39013

Country: PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA (PRC)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: LARGE

Orbital parameters

Period: 107.028 minutes

Inclination: 63.3585 deg

SMA: 7467.192 km

Apoapsis: 1393.306 km

Periapsis: 784.808 km

RAAN: 103.7215 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0407448

Argument of periapsis: 23.6774 deg

Mean anomaly: 338.2428 deg

Mean motion: 13.45447539 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): -0.00000044 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.000047986 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: July 5, 2025, 10:26 p.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: July 5, 2025, 8:09 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 YAOGAN 16C

TLE line 1: 1 39013U 12066C 25186.83958992 -.00000044 00000-0 47986-4 0 9993

TLE line 2: 2 39013 63.3585 103.7215 0407448 23.6774 338.2428 13.45447539619587

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite YAOGAN 16C.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

YAOGAN 16C 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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